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Green-Wood Cemetery is available in most retail book stores such as Barnes & Noble. It can also be purchased at Green-Wood Cemetery. In addition, you can order the book through any of the links below to popular online booksellers. |
For generations, Green-Wood Cemetery has played an integral part in New York City’s cultural history, serving as a gathering place and a cultural repository. Situated in the historic borough of Brooklyn, the thousands of graves and mausoleums within the cemetery’s 478 acres are tangible links and reminders to key events and people who made New York City and America what it is today. The monuments read like a who’s who of American greatness and include the names of Leonard Bernstein, F. A. O. Schwarz, Charles L. Tiffany, Samuel Morse, and DeWitt Clinton, among others. A national historic landmark since 2006, Green-Wood is considered one of the preeminent cemeteries in the country and is a living display of the evolving funeral traditions of the city and America as a whole. The cemetery was and remains one of the city’s largest open green spaces and a century ago was a social venue for picnics, outings, and political events. Through vintage photographs, Green-Wood Cemetery chronicles the cemetery’s rich history and documents how its tradition as a park and a popular tourist attraction continues, drawing 300,000 visitors annually. |
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Green-Wood Cemetery tour on Sunday, November 23rd. We are at the gravesite of famed Inventor Elmer Sperry. Thanks to all who attended and made it a success. I enjoyed meeting everybody personally and chatting while signing books in the historic chapel. |
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After the tour, back in Green-Wood's historic chapel signing books and getting to chat with the lovely people who came out that day for the tour. |
A serene fall afternoon at Green-Wood. |