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	Metairie Cemetary This site was previously a horse racing track, Metairie Race Course founded in 1838. The great oval of the old racetrack can still be seen as part of the cemetery roadway system. According to a story well known locally, one Charles T. Howard, a "new money" wealthy gentleman who came to the city from Baltimore, Maryland , was refused membership in the track's exclusive "Louisiana Jockey Club". In revenge, he purchased the track grounds and converted it into a cemetery. Some local historians accept the story, others say that the race grounds were sold due to financial stress. Either way, the cemetery was opened here in 1872 , and the tomb of Charles T. Howard is prominently placed in the center. A few tombs predating the foundation of this cemetery can be found here; these were originally erected in other local cemeteries and were moved here after Metairie became the city's most prestigious cemetery. Notables buried in Metairie Cemetery include: P.G.T. Beauregard , Confederate military officer John Bell Hood , Confederate military officer William C. C. Claiborne , the first U.S. Governor of Louisiana John Leonard Riddell , Melter and Refiner of Mint 1839-1848, Postmaster 1859-1862, inventor of the binocular microscope

Metairie Cemetary

This site was previously a horse racing track, Metairie Race Course founded in 1838. The great oval of the old racetrack can still be seen as part of the cemetery roadway system.

According to a story well known locally, one Charles T. Howard, a "new money" wealthy gentleman who came to the city from Baltimore, Maryland , was refused membership in the track's exclusive "Louisiana Jockey Club". In revenge, he purchased the track grounds and converted it into a cemetery. Some local historians accept the story, others say that the race grounds were sold due to financial stress. Either way, the cemetery was opened here in 1872 , and the tomb of Charles T. Howard is prominently placed in the center.

A few tombs predating the foundation of this cemetery can be found here; these were originally erected in other local cemeteries and were moved here after Metairie became the city's most prestigious cemetery.

Notables buried in Metairie Cemetery include:

P.G.T. Beauregard , Confederate military officer
John Bell Hood , Confederate military officer
William C. C. Claiborne , the first U.S. Governor of Louisiana
John Leonard Riddell , Melter and Refiner of Mint 1839-1848, Postmaster 1859-1862, inventor of the binocular microscope