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Charleston South Carolina: Haunted America. ISBN 9781596292338. Zwicker, Roxie (2011). Haunted Cemeteries of New England: Stories. City: PublishingWorks. ISBN 9781283305525. Zwicker, Roxie (2012). New Hampshire Book of the Dead: Graveyard Legends and Lore. Charleston, South Carolina: The History Press. ISBN 978-1-609-49756-9.
The Rural Cemetery Movement: Places of Paradox in Nineteenth Century America. Lexington Books. ISBN 978-1-4985-2900-6. Yalom, Marilyn (2008). The American Resting Place: Four Hundred Years of History Through Our Cemeteries and Burial Grounds. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. p. 46. ISBN 978-0-618-62427-0
National Cemetery in Memphis, Tennessee Creation of national cemeteries. The United States National Cemetery System is a system of 164 military cemeteries in the United States and its territories. The authority to create military burial places came during the American Civil War, in an act passed by the U.S. Congress on July 17, 1862. [1]
The beauty of cemeteries often can be overlooked, but two Columbus locals teamed up to create a book showcasing graveyards all over Ohio. Photo book shows beauty of local cemeteries Skip to main ...
A rural cemetery or garden cemetery is a style of cemetery that became popular in the United States and Europe in the mid-19th century due to the overcrowding and health concerns of urban cemeteries, which tended to be churchyards. Rural cemeteries were typically built 1–5 mi (1.6–8.0 km) outside of the city, far enough to be separated from ...
Exploring cemeteries is just one way to connect to the history of a place, and the South Shore has more than its share of historical burial grounds. Here are some of the most notable: Who's buried ...
1. Gen. George Custer. West Point, New York The Civil War general most famous for his "last stand" at the Battle of Little Big Horn can be found in the West Point Cemetery alongside many other ...
The Old Burying Ground is the oldest documented cemetery in Watertown, Massachusetts, United States.Located at the junction of Arlington and Mount Auburn Streets in eastern Watertown, its oldest documented grave site dates to 1665, and it remained in active use into the 20th century.