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Der im Jahr 1660 an der Tremont Street gegründete Granary Burying Ground ist der drittälteste Friedhof der Stadt Boston im Bundesstaat Massachusetts in den Vereinigten Staaten. Dort sind viele bekannte Persönlichkeiten begraben, unter anderem bedeutende Kämpfer im Amerikanischen Unabhängigkeitskrieg, drei Unterzeichner der ...
The Granary Burying Ground in Massachusetts is the city of Boston's third-oldest cemetery, founded in 1660 and located on Tremont Street.
Der im Jahr 1660 an der Tremont Street gegründete Granary Burying Ground ist der drittälteste Friedhof der Stadt Boston im Bundesstaat Massachusetts in den Vereinigten Staaten. Dort sind viele bekannte Persönlichkeiten begraben, unter anderem bedeutende Kämpfer im Amerikanischen Unabhängigkeitskrieg, drei Unterzeichner der ...
13. Juli 2016 · Learn about the history and significance of the Granary Burying Ground, where over 5,000 people are buried, including three signers of the Declaration of Independence and Paul Revere. The cemetery was established in 1660 and has approximately 2,345 gravestones and tombs.
The Granary Burying Grounds contains approximately 2,345 gravestones and tombs, although it is estimated that 5,000 people are buried at this site. The grave markers are predominantly slate, with a few in greenstone or marble. The gravestones’ original haphazard configuration was rearranged into straighter rows over to the years to ...
The Granary Burying Ground was established in 1660 to relieve Boston’s oldest cemetery—the nearby King’s Chapel Burying Ground—from overcrowding. At that time, it was part of the Common, with disorderly headstones and grass maintained by grazing cows.
The Granary Burying Ground was established in 1660, 30 years after Boston’s first cemetery—the King’s Chapel Burying Ground, another nearby stop on the Freedom Trail—began to run out of space. Land for the Burying Ground—and the rest of the block on which it lies—was originally part of Boston Common, but was turned over for other ...
