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Cemetery of the Week #75: St. Paul’s Chapel churchyard10 comments

Loren Rhoads wrote 8 months ago: Exterior of St. Paul’s, with the bell tower and obelisk Saint Paul’s Protestant Episcopal Chur … more →

Tags: cemetery of the week, New York City Cemetery, Revolutionary War graveyard, churchyard, Manhattan cemetery, St Paul's Churchyard

A Good Guide to the Cemeteries of New York7 comments

Loren Rhoads wrote 8 months ago: Permanent New Yorkers: A Biographical Guide to the Cemeteries of New York by Judi Culbertson My rati … more →

Tags: Cemetery Book Review, Green-Wood Cemetery, New York City Cemetery, Sleepy Hollow Cemetery, old dutch burying ground, Trinity Churchyard, Manhattan cemetery, St Paul's Churchyard, New York Marble Cemetery

Cemetery of the Week #65: the African Burial Ground15 comments

Loren Rhoads wrote 10 months ago: The African Burial Ground National Monument African Burial Ground National Monument Duane Street, be … more →

Tags: cemetery of the week, african american cemetery, African Burial Ground, Black History, Manhattan cemetery, national park, New York City Cemetery

Historic Cemeteries Matter!

Loren Rhoads wrote 1 year ago: For the past seven years, American Express and the National Trust for Historic Preservation have awa … more →

Tags: cemetery event, Woodlawn Cemetery

Kickstart a Documentary about a Cemetery3 comments

Loren Rhoads wrote 1 year ago: Prospect Cemetery trailer You can help fund a project to document Prospect Cemetery in Jamaica, Quee … more →

Tags: Good cemetery news, Jewish Cemetery, New York City Cemetery, Prospect Cemetery

Luminous Cemetery Photographs

Loren Rhoads wrote 1 year ago: Final Thoughts: Eternal Beauty in Stone by John Thomas Grant My rating: 4 of 5 stars This is a spect … more →

Tags: Cemetery Book Review, Association for Gravestone Studies, CEMETERY PHOTOGRAPHS, Massachusetts cemeteries

The Gem of New York City1 comment

Loren Rhoads wrote 1 year ago: Brooklyn’s Green-Wood Cemetery: New York’s Buried Treasure by Jeffrey I. Richman My rati … more →

Tags: Cemetery Book Review, Green-Wood Cemetery

Cemetery of the Week #53: Green-Wood Cemetery6 comments

Loren Rhoads wrote 1 year ago: Green-Wood in Springtime, photographed by Aaron Brashear. Green-Wood Cemetery 500 25th Street Brookl … more →

Tags: cemetery of the week, Green-Wood Cemetery, Cemetery Flowers

A first look at the African Burial Ground1 comment

Loren Rhoads wrote 1 year ago: Breaking Ground, Breaking Silence: The Story of New York’s African Burial Ground by Joyce Hans … more →

Tags: Cemetery Book Review, New York City Cemetery, African Burial Ground, Black History, Manhattan cemetery

A Guide to New York City Cemeteries5 comments

Loren Rhoads wrote 1 year ago: The Graveyard Shift: A Family Historian’s Guide to New York City Cemeteries by Carolee Inskeep … more →

Tags: Cemetery Book Review, Green-Wood Cemetery, Trinity Churchyard, African Burial Ground, St Paul's Churchyard

Cemetery of the Week #41: Trinity Churchyard4 comments

Loren Rhoads wrote 1 year ago: Alexander Hamilton’s grave Trinity Churchyard 74 Trinity Place (Broadway at Wall Street) New Y … more →

Tags: cemetery of the week, Famous person's grave, New York City Cemetery, Trinity Churchyard, Revolutionary War graveyard, churchyard, Manhattan cemetery

Cemetery of the Week #33: The Old Dutch Burying Ground6 comments

Loren Rhoads wrote 1 year ago: The Old Dutch Church The Old Dutch Burying Ground Albany Post Road (U.S. Route 9), one mile north of … more →

Tags: cemetery of the week, Sleepy Hollow Cemetery, old dutch burying ground, Revolutionary War graveyard, legend of sleepy hollow

Lower Manhattan, April 20021 comment

Loren Rhoads wrote 1 year ago: This is mirrored from my Red Room blog: After Mason and I crossed Broadway, we stumbled upon a memor … more →

Tags: wish you were here, Cemetery essay, New York City Cemetery, Ground Zero, 9/11, 9/11 monument, Manhattan cemetery, St Paul's Churchyard

Weekly Photo Challenge: Refreshing4 comments

Loren Rhoads wrote 1 year ago: Detail of Grant's tomb I find the quote which adorns the exterior of Grant’s tomb refresh … more →

Tags: photo challenges, postaweek2011, New York City Cemetery, Civil War Cemetery, General Grant National Monument, Manhattan cemetery, private mausoleums, Photo of the Week

Cemeteries in the Summer13 comments

Loren Rhoads wrote 1 year ago: I think there’s nothing more beautiful than a lush, green cemetery in the summertime.  Flowers … more →

Tags: Cemetery poll, Highgate Cemetery, hollywood forever, New Orleans cemeteries, Green-Wood Cemetery, Michigan cemetery, Metairie Cemetery, Boston cemeteries, mount auburn cemetery

Memorial Day at Brooklyn's Green-Wood Cemetery

Loren Rhoads wrote 1 year ago: There was a nice feature today in the Huffington Post about all the effort that has gone into rememb … more →

Tags: Good cemetery news, cemetery event, Green-Wood Cemetery, New York City Cemetery

Cemetery of the Week #17: Sleepy Hollow Cemetery4 comments

Loren Rhoads wrote 1 year ago: Letty Lent’s gravestone Sleepy Hollow Cemetery 540 North Broadway Sleepy Hollow, New York 1059 … more →

Tags: cemetery event, cemetery of the week, legend of sleepy hollow, old dutch burying ground, Sleepy Hollow Cemetery, War of 1812

Another guide to the graves of the famous4 comments

Loren Rhoads wrote 2 years ago: Dead Ends: An Irreverent Field Guide to the Graves of the Famous by David Cross My rating: 2 of 5 st … more →

Tags: Cemetery Book Review, Pere Lachaise Cemetery, cemetery tours, Highgate Cemetery, hollywood forever, forest lawn, French Cemeteries, Los Angeles Cemetery, English cemeteries

Beautiful Mausoleums5 comments

Loren Rhoads wrote 2 years ago: Going Out in Style: The Architecture of Eternity by Douglas Keister My rating: 4 of 5 stars This is … more →

Tags: Cemetery Book Review, California Cemeteries, Hawaiian cemetery, hollywood forever, Los Angeles Cemetery, Massachusetts cemeteries, New Orleans cemeteries, private mausoleums


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