Birmingham Cemetery

This ancient cemetery is believed to be one of the oldest in Maryland . Only a short distance from the Baltimore-Washington Parkway and the Laurel Suburban Airport , the cemetery must be approached from Fort George G. Meade through Switchboard Road. This unpaved road, which is usually dusty or muddy, leads to the historic site about two miles away. A sign post marks the entrance: "Snowden's Cemetery, No. 12".

In the beginning of World War II, following the attack of Pearl Harbor, Fort George G. Meade took in most of Richard Snowden's vast estate in Anne Arundel County . In expanding the boundaries of the fort, as many as nineteen private cemeteries were included. Recognized as hallowed ground, the sites have been maintained by government personnel.

Headstone Markers:

• Richard Snowden I, Progenitor
  Stone markings obliterated with time
• Major Thomas Snowden
  Bronze plaque erected by the army-Navy Chapter of the DAR in memory of Major Thomas Snowden, who served in the Revolutionary War