2025年3月22日 · Originally a private cemetery owned by the Wade family, Charter Street Cemetery (Old Burying Point Cemetery) in Salem, Massachusetts is ‘The oldest cemetery in the United States.’

2023年1月16日 · There are plenty of historic cemeteries in the US. Among them, I picked 10 of the oldest cemeteries in the US to learn about these not-so-spooky but interesting places and …

The Myles Standish Burial Ground (also known as Old Burying Ground or Standish Cemetery) in Duxbury, Massachusetts is, according to the American Cemetery Association, the oldest maintained cemetery in the United States.

So, today, let’s look at 10 of America’s oldest cemeteries and burial places and see what stories they tell and what we can learn about our history and ourselves. 1. Ernest Witte Site (2700 …

2024年1月25日 · The oldest cemetery is the one at Trinity Church in downtown Manhattan, which was probably being used as early as the 1660s, although the oldest gravestone, belonging to Ann Churcher is dated...

2018年1月22日 · Here are some of the country’s oldest and most famous cemeteries. 1. Myles Standish Burial Ground. Naturally, most of the country’s oldest burial grounds are in the northeast, where America was first settled. Yes, America is home to several cemeteries that are nearly as old as the country itself!

2021年5月29日 · Congress granted President Abraham Lincoln authority to establish national cemeteries on July 17, 1862, after previous burial practices couldn’t keep pace with mounting Civil War deaths. Take a...

2022年10月19日 · The oldest known gravestone comes to us from 1673 and belongs to Doraty Cromall, according to the City of Salem. Earlier markers were made out of wood and simply didn't survive centuries of New England weather, making it all but impossible to establish exactly when the first person was laid in the earth at this graveyard.

2021年10月15日 · Named for the famed military leader of the Plymouth Colony, Myles Standish Burial Ground holds the distinct honor of being dubbed our nation’s oldest cemetery …

Located in Duxbury, Massachusetts, Myles Standish Burial Ground is the first known cemetery in the newly founded United States. It dates all the way back to 1638, just under two decades …