It was originally known as the "New City Cemetery" and began as 10 acres. The name changed in 1905 and it now encompasses 70 acres. The land is special too.. it was once the site for the a Civil War military hospital and the first charity hospital in the area. Today the cemetery is maintained by SPAR.
This is Newton Blanchard's monument. He was a representative in congress, LA Senator, a Supreme court judge, and the Governor of Louisiana in his lifetime.
There are four mayors buried at Greenwood Cemetery as well as:
The inventor of the first disc plow
Dr Thomas Edgar Schumpert of Christus Schumpert
The city's last official hangman
Ben White, the city's last steamboat captain
It has seperate "sections" in it. For greeks, jews, blacks, union members, vets, masons, and a specific memorial for confederate soldiers. 
Greenwood Cemetery has a paupers field with only a single cross. That area was overgrown, so I couldn't really get a picture of the cross.
There is also an area for the ashes of those that donated their bodies to LSUMC. It's a bit comforting to know when all the poking and prodding and learning is done... the ashes have a "home". (And now I know where Uncle Bubba ended up)
Greenwood Cemetery has a ravine that the Shreveport Garden club is working on to convert to a pond. Progress was stopped by finding a marked grave though. The photo above is a child's headstone that overlooks that ravine.
I've mentioned my soft spot for a soldier's grave. I sincerely can't think of anything more noble than serving your country. As we were looking at the military graves... we came across some flags laying on the ground. They had obviously been removed from the graves and layed there. Ron, without saying a word went and picked them up. I knew he would. Because that's who he is. I will take my Jake there one day. I want him to see the soldier's graves. It's important to me that he understand that his freedom didn't come free.
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