From The Banner · Jack Kiyonaga · · 1m 10s
Fitzgerald’s Rockville grave celebrates 130th birthday
F. Scott Fitzgerald’s grave in Rockville draws fans for his 130th birthday anniversary
In brief
F. Scott Fitzgerald’s grave in Rockville draws fans for his 130th birthday anniversary Fitzgerald’s grave in Rockville, Maryland, is a quiet site visited by fans on his birthday Originally reported by The Banner.
Fitzgerald’s birthday grave
F. Scott Fitzgerald’s grave lies under an oak in Rockville’s Old St. Mary’s Catholic Church Cemetery.
“I wouldn’t mind a bit if Zelda and I could snuggle up under a stone in some old graveyard here.”
130th birthday celebration
Fans visit Fitzgerald’s grave on his birthday, Sept. 24, leaving flowers and notes.
Fitzgerald’s wish for burial
Fitzgerald wrote in 1936 he wanted to be buried with his wife in Baltimore.
Family buried together
Zelda and their daughter Scottie are also buried at the same site.
Rockville connection
Fitzgerald’s family farmed near Rockville and he visited the area multiple times.
Reburial in 1975
Fitzgerald and Zelda were reburied in St. Mary’s Cemetery in 1975 after initial burial in Rockville.
Grave marker
The grave features a stone with the last line from 'The Great Gatsby': 'So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past.'
“So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past.”
Fitzgerald’s legacy
Fitzgerald’s grave attracts visitors for his birthday and literary events in Montgomery County.
What to remember
Fitzgerald’s grave in Rockville, Maryland, is a quiet site visited by fans on his birthday
