Cedar Grove Cemetery (Queens)

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Cedar Grove Cemetery is a nonsectarian cemetery in Flushing, Queens, New York. The cemetery occupies the former Spring Hill estate of colonial governor Cadwallader Colden.

History[]

It was established in 1893 and is still in operation.[1] When Union Cemetery in Brooklyn closed in 1897, more than 20,000 bodies were disinterred and transferred to Cedar Grove Cemetery.[2] As of 2009, Cedar Grove had recorded a total of 36,000 burials.[3]

Notable burials[]

Socialist politician August Claessens, who served in the New York State Assembly, was buried at Cedar Grove Cemetery.[4]

The cemetery contains one British Commonwealth war grave, of a Gunner of the Bermuda Artillery Militia of World War I.[5]

In popular culture[]

Cedar Grove was a filming location for cemetery scenes in the 1968 movie Bye Bye Braverman.[6]

Mount Hebron Cemetery[]

Mount Hebron Cemetery was established in 1903 as the Jewish section of Cedar Grove Cemetery and is the burial site of several prominent participants in Yiddish theater.[7]

References[]

  1. ^ Carolee Inskeep (1998), The Graveyard Shift: A Family Historian's Guide to New York City Cemeteries, Ancestry Publishing, ISBN 978-0-916489-89-2
  2. ^ Rhona Amon, The Cemetery Belt, Newsday website, accessed February 20, 2009
  3. ^ About Us Archived 2008-10-22 at the Wayback Machine, Cedar Grove Cemetery website, accessed February 20, 2009
  4. ^ The Political Graveyard website, accessed February 20, 2009
  5. ^ [1] CWGC casualty record.
  6. ^ Bye Bye Braverman – Technical Details Archived 2013-04-19 at archive.today, Theiapolis.com (accessed February 21, 2009)
  7. ^ Jeff Gottlieb, Queens Jewish Heritage Trail Archived February 16, 2010, at the Wayback Machine, Published by Queens Jewish Historical Society, Spring 2007

External links[]

Coordinates: 40°44′08″N 73°49′52″W / 40.73556°N 73.83111°W / 40.73556; -73.83111

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