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  2. Holy Rood Cemetery - Wikipedia

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    It was enlarged between 1850 and 1870, and renamed Holy Rood Cemetery. (Rood is an old English word for Cross.) [1] The cemetery walls were torn down in 1901 and new ones erected, and many trees were removed to prevent roots from disturbing gravesites and fallen limbs from damaging monuments during storms. [2] The cemetery was active from the ...

  3. Cemetery of the Holy Rood - Wikipedia

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    The Cemetery of the Holy Rood is a Catholic cemetery located in Westbury, New York. The 65-acre (0.26 km 2 ) cemetery, established in 1930, is part of the Catholic Diocese of Rockville Centre . History

  4. Holy Trinity Catholic Church (Washington, D.C.) - Wikipedia

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    Holy Rood Cemetery with the Washington Monument in the background. College Ground closed to new burials because Holy Trinity Church acquired a new, larger burying ground in 1832: Holy Rood Cemetery. [1] Originally called the Upper Grave Yard, this cemetery was at the southern terminus of Tunlaw Road NW.

  5. 750 'Wreaths Across America' will be placed at Rood Cemetery ...

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    Morristown American Legion Post 59 will participate in the Wreaths Across America project and place wreaths on 750 graves at Holy Rood Cemetery in Morris Township.

  6. List of cemeteries in New York - Wikipedia

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    Cedar Grove Cemetery (Queens, New York), Flushing, Queens; Cedar Hill Cemetery and Mausoleum, Newburgh; Cedar Lawn Cemetery, East Hampton; Cemetery of the Evergreens, Brooklyn; Cemetery of the Holy Rood, Westbury, New York; Chesed Shel Emes Cemetery, Liberty; Cold Springs Cemetery, near Carlisle Gardens; Colden Family Cemetery, in the town of ...

  7. Holyrood (cross) - Wikipedia

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    The Holyrood or Holy Rood is a Christian relic alleged to be part of the True Cross on which Jesus died. The word derives from the Old English rood, meaning a pole and the cross, via Middle English, or the Scots haly ruid ("holy cross"). Several relics venerated as part of the True Cross are known by this name, in England, Ireland and Scotland.

  8. Category:Burials at the Cemetery of the Holy Rood - Wikipedia

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    Pages in category "Burials at the Cemetery of the Holy Rood" The following 34 pages are in this category, out of 34 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .

  9. Category : Roman Catholic cemeteries in Washington, D.C.

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    Holy Rood Cemetery; J. Georgetown University Jesuit Community Cemetery; M. Mount Olivet Cemetery (Washington, D.C.) This page was last edited on 14 September 2022, at ...