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New York City’s Dead: A Guide To Cemeteries In The Five Boroughs
Largest cemetery in New York in terms of geographic size, Queens also has the United States’ largest cemetery in terms of burials. Calvary Cemetery has a whopping three million dead within its ...
Department of Veterans Affairs unveils new national cemetery in Queens
ST. ALBANS, Queens (PIX11) — The Department of Veterans Affairs has unveiled a new national cemetery in Queens, the St.
BLACK HISTORY MONTH: NYC’s sacred — and segregated — Black burial sites
Many New Yorkers can cite chapter and verse about the African Burial Ground National Monument in downtown Manhattan near City Hall, but only a few know about the burial grounds and segregated ...