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Granary Burying ground, Boston
Granary Burying Ground is the oldest historic sites in Boston. Famous, infamous and unknown Bostonians are buried here. Men, Women, children, Puritans, Anglicans, Catholics, English, French, Africans, patriots, Tories, printers, goldsmiths, merchants, and scavengers were all laid to rest in Granary.
Established in 1660, the Granary Burying Ground is named for the 12,000 bushel grain storage building that was next door, the historic cemetery has 2,345 markers. Some say as a many as 8,000 people were buried here.
17th century puritans John Endecott and Samuel Sewall rest here, as do revolutionaries Samuel Adams, John Hancock, James Otis, Paul Revere and the victims of Boston Massacre.
In Granary rest nine Massachusetts governors, three signers of the Declaration of Independence, and many Revolutionary War veterans.
It was originally part of the Boston Common at the very edge of the 17th century Boston where the land rose steeply to three towering hills or "trimountain".
Source: www.cityofboston.gov, www.wikipedia.org
September 7, 2012, Freedom Trail, Boston, Massachusetts, taken here.
Granary Burying ground, Boston
Granary Burying Ground is the oldest historic sites in Boston. Famous, infamous and unknown Bostonians are buried here. Men, Women, children, Puritans, Anglicans, Catholics, English, French, Africans, patriots, Tories, printers, goldsmiths, merchants, and scavengers were all laid to rest in Granary.
Established in 1660, the Granary Burying Ground is named for the 12,000 bushel grain storage building that was next door, the historic cemetery has 2,345 markers. Some say as a many as 8,000 people were buried here.
17th century puritans John Endecott and Samuel Sewall rest here, as do revolutionaries Samuel Adams, John Hancock, James Otis, Paul Revere and the victims of Boston Massacre.
In Granary rest nine Massachusetts governors, three signers of the Declaration of Independence, and many Revolutionary War veterans.
It was originally part of the Boston Common at the very edge of the 17th century Boston where the land rose steeply to three towering hills or "trimountain".
Source: www.cityofboston.gov, www.wikipedia.org
September 7, 2012, Freedom Trail, Boston, Massachusetts, taken here.