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Old Burying Ground (Cambridge, Massachusetts)

Coordinates: 42°22′30″N 71°07′11″W / 42.3750137°N 71.1198088°W / 42.3750137; -71.1198088
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Old Burying Ground
The cemetery in 2018
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Established1635
Location
CountryUnited States
Coordinates42°22′30″N 71°07′11″W / 42.3750137°N 71.1198088°W / 42.3750137; -71.1198088
Find a GraveOld Burying Ground
The cemetery in 1889

The Old Burying Ground, or Old Burial Ground,[1] is a historic cemetery in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States, located just outside Harvard Square.[2] The cemetery opened in 1635.[1]

Notable burials

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Several Presidents of Harvard College are buried here[8] including:

Cato Stedman and Neptune Frost black soldiers of the Continental Army 1775.[9] Commemorated on a blue sign on the fence of The Old Burying Ground, Sage Street.

References

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  1. ^ a b "Cambridge Cemetery". www.cambridgema.gov. Archived from the original on 2019-11-17. Retrieved 2020-03-10.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n Neal, Jeff (October 28, 2015). "Amid the Old Burying Ground". The Harvard Gazette. Harvard University. Archived from the original on October 27, 2023.
  3. ^ Poupore, Joshua (November 1, 2007). "Washington Allston, a name to remember". The Harvard Gazette. Harvard University.
  4. ^ a b c d e f g An Historic Guide to Cambridge. Cambridge (Mass.). 1907.
  5. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r Harris, William Thaddeus (1845). Epitaphs from the Old Burying-Ground in Cambridge. Cambridge: John Owen, Metcalf and Company – via Google Books.
  6. ^ a b "Find Tomb Believed Jonathan Belcher's". The Lewiston Daily Sun. 22 July 1937.
  7. ^ Maskiell, Nicole S (2 December 2020). "Cicely was young, Black and enslaved – her death during an epidemic in 1714 has lessons that resonate in today's pandemic". The Conversation. Archived from the original on 2 December 2020. Retrieved 2 December 2020.
  8. ^ "Old Burying Ground | Cambridge Office of Tourism". www.cambridgeusa.org. Archived from the original on 2020-09-24. Retrieved 2019-11-23.
  9. ^ Sparling, Georgia (Jun 5, 2018). "Historian seeks to honor forgotten black soldiers". Lesley University. Lesley University. Archived from the original on 15 September 2022. Retrieved 14 September 2022.
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