Did you know that Concord, MA has their own Sleepy Hollow Cemetery with famous writers and poets buried there?
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Sleepy Hollow Cemetery - Bedford Street, Concord, MA |
Listed in the National Registry of Historic Places, Sleepy Hollow has an estimated 10,000 gravesites, including those of Nathaniel Hawthorne (The Scarlet Letter and House of Seven Gables) - Ralph Waldo Emerson - Henry David Thoreau - and Louisa May Alcott (Little Women) to name just a few.
Below are a few photos of Sleepy Hollow Cemetery and Old Hill Burying Ground.
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Graves Site of the Thoreau Family |
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Gifts and Offerings Left For Henry David Thoreau |
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The Family Grave Site of Ralph Waldo Emerson |
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Louisa May Alcott - Author of Little Women |
Old Hill Burying Ground - Concord, MA
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Old Hill Burying Ground - Overlooks Concord, MA and was the original burying ground for Concord residents after securing their settlement in 1635. The oldest stone existing is dated 1677. |