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@nationalparksguide 🪦 Send this to a cemetery lover! These historic grounds combine striking architecture, old trees, landscaped gardens and stories from the past: ✅ Follow @nationalparksguide for more beautiful USA destinations! ♻️ Always remember to leave it better than you found it 1️⃣ Bonaventure Cemetery, Savannah, Georgia - Known for live oaks, Spanish moss and Victorian monuments, it developed from the former Bonaventure Plantation. 2️⃣ Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, New York - Established in 1838, this National Historic Landmark covers 478 acres with hills, lakes and elaborate mausoleums. 3️⃣ Sleepy Hollow Cemetery, Concord, Massachusetts - Authors Ridge is the final resting place of Louisa May Alcott, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Nathaniel Hawthorne and Henry David Thoreau. 4️⃣ Laurel Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - Founded in 1836, this garden cemetery overlooks the Schuylkill River and is a National Historic Landmark. 5️⃣ Lafayette Cemetery No. 1, New Orleans, Louisiana - Established in 1833, it is known for above-ground tombs and family crypts. It is currently closed to the public. 6️⃣ Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia - Nearly 430,000 veterans and eligible family members rest throughout its 639 acres. 7️⃣ Trinity Churchyard, New York, New York - This historic Lower Manhattan churchyard contains the graves of Alexander Hamilton and his wife, Eliza Hamilton. 8️⃣ Laurel Hill Cemetery, Reading, Massachusetts - Established in 1737, this National Register-listed burial ground is the oldest cemetery in Reading. 9️⃣ St. Philip’s Church Cemetery, Charleston, South Carolina - Its notable burials include John C. Calhoun and Charles Pinckney. 🔟 Sleepy Hollow Cemetery, Sleepy Hollow, New York - Founded in 1849, it is the final resting place of Washington Irving, Andrew Carnegie and William Rockefeller. #nationalparks #NationalParksGuide #cemeteries
