List of rural cemeteries in the United States
The rural cemetery, or garden cemetery, is a style of cemetery that became popular in the United States and Europe in the mid-nineteenth century. This article is a list of rural cemeteries in the United States.
Footnotes
- ^ Linden, Blanche M. G. (2007). Silent City on a Hill: Picturesque Landscapes of Memory and Boston's Mount Auburn Cemetery. Amherst, Massachusetts: University of Massachusetts Press. p. 293. ISBN 978-1-55849-571-5. Retrieved August 10, 2019.
- ^ Barley, Luke. "How Thousands of Headstones Ended Up Under a Philadelphia Bridge". www.citylab.com. Retrieved August 25, 2019.
- ^ "Wilmington & Brandywine Cemetery". www.wilmingtonbrandywinecemetery.org. Retrieved July 22, 2019.
- ^ Pickard, Sam. "Glenwood: The Westward-Moving Cemetery". www.marplehistory.com. Retrieved January 9, 2022.
- ^ "Oakdale Cemetery". www.oakdalecemetery.org. Retrieved July 22, 2019.
- ^ Hawthorne, Frederick W., Gettysburg: Stories of Men and Monuments, Hanover, Pennsylvania: The Association of Licensed Battlefield Guides, 1988, p. 107.
- ^ Historical Marker Database. "The Gettysburg Address". Retrieved August 10, 2019.
- ^ National Park Service. "National Cemetery Walking Tour" (PDF). Retrieved August 10, 2019.
- ^ Linden, Blanche M. G. (2007). Silent City on a Hill: Picturesque Landscapes of Memory and Boston's Mount Auburn Cemetery. Amherst, Massachusetts: University of Massachusetts Press. p. 294. ISBN 978-1-55849-571-5. Retrieved August 10, 2019.
- ^ "History". www.friendsofmountmoriahcemetery.org. October 17, 2013. Retrieved August 25, 2019.
- ^ Bender, William. "Judge ousts absentee owner of historic Mount Vernon Cemetery. Rehab could involve goats". www.inquirer.com. Retrieved September 9, 2021.
- ^ Schuyler, David (2004). "Woodward Hill Cemetery" (PDF). National Register of Historic Places nomination form. Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission. Retrieved November 27, 2013.
- ^ Cothran, James R.; Danylchak, Erica (2018). Grave Landscapes. University of South Carolina Press. ISBN 9781611177992. Retrieved May 18, 2024.
- ^ Friends of Lakeview Cemetery (October 2, 2015). "Lakeview Cemetery: More than a burial ground". Burlington Free Press. Burlington, VT.
- ^ "Discover Our Proud Past". www.lakewoodcemetery.org. Lakewood Cemetery. Retrieved May 19, 2024.
- ^ "Hope cemetery Guide". Central Vermont Chamber of Commerce. 2002. Archived from the original on September 29, 2007.
References
- Greene, Meg (2008). Rest in Peace: A History of American Cemeteries. Lerner Publishing Group, Inc. ISBN 978-0-8225-3414-3.
- Linden, Blanche M. G. (2007). Silent City on a Hill: Picturesque Landscapes of Memory and Boston's Mount Auburn Cemetery. University of Massachusetts Press. ISBN 978-1-55849-571-5.
- Smith, Jeffrey (2017). The Rural Cemetery Movement: Places of Paradox in Nineteenth Century America. Lexington Books. ISBN 978-1-4985-2900-6.
- Yalom, Marilyn (2008). The American Resting Place: Four Hundred Years of History Through Our Cemeteries and Burial Grounds. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. p. 46. ISBN 978-0-618-62427-0.
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