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Cemetery of the Week #91: San Francisco National Cemetery
San Francisco National Cemetery 1 Lincoln Boulevard, Presidio of San Francisco San Francisco, California 94129 Telephone: (650) 589-7737 or 1646 Founded: 1846 First known burial: 1854 Size: 28.34 acres Number of interments: 30,000 Open: Daily from 6 a.m. to 6 … Continue reading
Cemetery of the Week #90: Braddocks Point Cemetery
Also known as Harbourtown Cemetery 1 Spinnaker Court at Lighthouse Lane, Sea Pines Plantation Harbour Town, South Carolina 29928 Founded: 1861 Size: 1 acre Number of interments: unknown. Some may lie under the adjacent golf course. Open: unknown. It lies … Continue reading
Cemetery of the Week #87: Washington’s tomb
Washington’s tomb Mount Vernon 3200 Mount Vernon Memorial Highway Mount Vernon, Virginia 22309 Telephone: (703) 780-2000 Tomb constructed: 1831 Number of interments in and around the vault: 25 Open: The estate is open 365 days of the year: November through … Continue reading
Black History in American Graveyards
Lay Down Body: Living History in African American Cemeteries by Roberta Hughes Wright My rating: 3 of 5 stars This book seems to have been designed as a textbook for an African American Studies program, but that’s not a bad … Continue reading
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Not the book the African Burial Ground deserves
Breaking Ground, Breaking Silence: The Story of New York’s African Burial Ground by Joyce Hansen My rating: 3 of 5 stars I was excited to find a book about Manhattan’s African Burial Ground, which I visited for the first time … Continue reading
