Green-Wood Cemetery was founded in 1838 as a rural cemetery in Brooklyn, Kings County, New York. It was granted National Historic Landmark status in 2006 by the U.S. Department of the Interior.
Read more about Green-Wood Cemetery: History, Chapel, Notable Burials, Further Reading, Archive
Famous quotes containing the word cemetery:
“The cemetery of the victims of human cruelty in our century is extended to include yet another vast cemetery, that of the unborn.”
—John Paul II (Karol Wojtyla)