Yellow Fever Park
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Yellow Fever Park

Ghent, City of Norfolk, Virginia, USA

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    Ghent, Virginia, 23507 USA
    Coordinates: 36.86690, -76.30078
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At the intersection of Hampton Boulevard and Princess Anne Road in the neighborhood of Ghent is a small park with a plaque that reads "IN MEMORY OF THE VICTIMS OF THE YELLOW FEVER EPIDEMIC OF 1855". This plot is known as The Yellow Fever Park. It is unclear how many people are buried here.

On June 7, 1855, coming from St. Thomas in the Caribbean, the Steamship the Benjamin Franklin came to Portsmouth in need of repairs on her way to New York City. It is believed that this ship brought mosquitoes carrying the Yellow Fever which then spread quickly through Norfolk and Portsmouth. At the end of the epidemic, 3,000 lives were lost.
At the intersection of Hampton Boulevard and Princess Anne Road in the neighborhood of Ghent is a small park with a plaque that reads "IN MEMORY OF THE VICTIMS OF THE YELLOW FEVER EPIDEMIC OF 1855". This plot is known as The Yellow Fever Park. It is unclear how many people are buried here.

On June 7, 1855, coming from St. Thomas in the Caribbean, the Steamship the Benjamin Franklin came to Portsmouth in need of repairs on her way to New York City. It is believed that this ship brought mosquitoes carrying the Yellow Fever which then spread quickly through Norfolk and Portsmouth. At the end of the epidemic, 3,000 lives were lost.

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