From Listosaur. They have more info and pictures.
10. CAVALRY CEMETERY Queens, New York-- First burial in 1848. Now has more than 3 million burials. A lot of Medal of Honor winners and organized crime figures buried here.
9. BONAVENTURE CEMETERY Savannah, Georgia. The book "Midnight in the Garden of Evil" made this cemetery famous. On the site of a former plantation. Singer, songwriter "Moon River," Johnny Mercer buried here.
8. SLEEPY HOLLOW CEMETERY Sleepy Hollow, New York. "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" written about the area and good ol' "Headless." Opened 1849 and originally called Tarrytown Cemetery, but became Sleepy Hollow Cemetery after Washington Irving's death. I wrote a lot about this one in my Not So Forgotten War of 1812 Blog this past week. A lot of famous people buried here and for some reason gets very very popular this time of year. Someone stole Irving's War of 1812 medallion earlier this month.
7. OLDE BURYING POINT Salem, Massachusetts. Second-oldest cemetery in the U.S., established 50 years before the hysteria BUT no actual victims buried here. Twenty residents put to death at the time, but only two have known graves. The others were denied a Christian burial. But many connected with the trial ARE buried here. Also, another grave is of Captain Richard More, believed to be the oldest surviving male from the Mayflower when he died at 84 in 1696.
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