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Sleepy Hollow Cemetery is a rural cemetery located on Bedford Street near the center of Concord, Massachusetts. The cemetery is the burial site of a number of famous Concordians, including some of the United States' greatest authors and thinkers, especially on a hill known as "Author's Ridge."
From Concord to Lexington on Massachusetts Route 2A 42°28′09″N 71°21′01″W / 42.4692°N 71.3504°W / 42.4692; -71.3504 ( Minute Man National Historical Boundary increase (added 2002-11-29): Lexington, MA
Concord (/ ˈ k ɒ ŋ k ər d /) is a town in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States. In the 2020 census , the town population was 18,491. [ 2 ] The United States Census Bureau considers Concord part of Greater Boston .
This list of cemeteries in Massachusetts includes currently operating, historical (closed for new interments), and defunct (graves abandoned or removed) cemeteries, columbaria, and mausolea which are historical and/or notable.
Oak Grove Cemetery (Gloucester, Massachusetts) Oak Grove Cemetery (New Bedford, Massachusetts) Old Burying Ground (Littleton, Massachusetts) Old Burying Ground (Stoneham, Massachusetts) Old Burying Ground (Watertown, Massachusetts) Old Churchyard Cemetery; Old Indian Cemetery; Old Indian Meeting House; Old North Cemetery (Truro, Massachusetts)
Burials at Holy Cross Cemetery (Malden, Massachusetts) (24 P) Burials at Holyhood Cemetery (Brookline) (31 P) Burials at Hope Cemetery (Worcester, Massachusetts) (10 P)
Peter Bulkley (31 January 1583 – 9 March 1659, last name also spelled Bulkeley) was an influential early Puritan minister who left England for greater religious freedom in the American colony of Massachusetts. He was a founder of Concord, [1] and was named by descendant Ralph Waldo Emerson in his poem about Concord, "Hamatreya". [2]
Laid out in 1635, it is now part of the Concord Monument Square–Lexington Road Historic District. [ 1 ] The square is prominently known as the site of British activities on April 19, 1775, the day of the battles of Lexington and Concord , which began the American Revolutionary War , and of earlier meetings by Massachusetts Patriots , which ...