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  2. Rural Cemetery Act - Wikipedia

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    The New York City–area cemeteries established under the Rural Cemetery Act grew very large. In 1880, All Faiths Cemetery had more burials than any other non-sectarian cemetery in the U.S., [ 6 ] and in 1904 it was the burial site for all 1,021 people who died when the excursion boat SS General Slocum caught fire and sank during a Sunday ...

  3. List of cemeteries in New York City - Wikipedia

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    First Shearith Israel Graveyard (Chatham Square Cemetery), Chinatown [2] New York Marble Cemetery, [3] East Village, the oldest non-sectarian cemetery in New York City; New York City Marble Cemetery, [4] East Village, the second oldest non-sectarian cemetery in New York City. Saint Bartholomew's Episcopal Church, Midtown Manhattan

  4. List of cemeteries in New York - Wikipedia

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    National September 11 Memorial & Museum, New York City; New Montefiore Cemetery, West Babylon, New York; New Paltz Rural Cemetery, New Paltz; New York Marble Cemetery, East Village, Manhattan, the oldest non-sectarian cemetery in New York City

  5. Cemeteries no longer just for the dead: Spaces have a new ...

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    Green-Wood Cemetery in New York City's Brooklyn is, like Laurel Hill in Philadelphia, a historic green space that became an oasis as the once-bucolic borough grew increasingly urbanized around it ...

  6. Category : Cemeteries on the National Register of Historic ...

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    Oak Hill Cemetery (Oak Hill, New York) Oakwood Cemetery (Niagara Falls, New York) Oakwood Cemetery (Troy, New York) Old Cochecton Cemetery; Old Hartwick Village Cemetery; Old Sloatsburg Cemetery; Old St. Peter's Church (Van Cortlandtville, New York) Old Town Cemetery (Newburgh, New York) Oswego Meeting House and Friends' Cemetery

  7. A centuries-old cemetery for people who were enslaved is ...

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    This spot of tightly-packed houses in the city of Kingston was a cemetery for people who were enslaved as far back as 1750 and remained a burial ground until the late 1800s, when the cemetery was ...

  8. Cypress Hills Cemetery - Wikipedia

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    The New York State Supreme Court ruled that the area was unstable and all graves had to be moved. [ 8 ] In 2003, charges were laid by Ravi Batra, one of its former court-appointed guardians, who accused another of trying to seize control by quietly installing one of his own employees as president of the cemetery's re-formed board of directors ...

  9. Category : Cemeteries on the National Register of Historic ...

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    Pages in category "Cemeteries on the National Register of Historic Places in New York City" The following 10 pages are in this category, out of 10 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .