Author : Stephen C. Duer
Release : 2010
Genre : History
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 434/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Cypress Hills Cemetery by : Stephen C. Duer
Download or read book Cypress Hills Cemetery written by Stephen C. Duer. This book was released on 2010. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For the past 162 years, historic Cypress Hills Cemetery has quietly served thousands of New Yorkers and the public at large. This place of eternal rest obtained the distinct honor of being the first rural cemetery in Greater New York to be organized under the Rural Cemetery Act of 1847. Cypress Hills provides a perfect balance of lush landscaping, funerary art and sculpture, and a final resting place for some of America's most notable figures, such as Jackie Robinson, Mae West, and Eubie Blake. Carved on countless headstones are mysterious markings and secretive symbols that the living can ponder. Cypress Hills Cemetery illustrates and demystifies the various legends of those interred in these hallowed grounds.
