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The Green-Wood Cemetery

THE GREEN-WOOD CEMETERY
 
HAS BEEN DESIGNATED A
 
NATIONAL HISTORIC LANDMARK
 
THIS SITE POSSESSES NATIONAL SIGNIFICANCE IN COMMEMORATING THE HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
 
ESTABLISHED IN 1838, THIS WAS THE LARGEST AND MOST VARIED OF THE EARLY AMERICAN RURAL CEMETERIES, CAREFULLY SITED WITH DRAMATIC VIEWS OF THE CITY AND HARBOR BEYOND.
 
2006
 
NATIONAL PARK SERVICE
 
UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

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