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Central Burying Ground
Central Burying Ground was established in 1756 as Boston's 4th graveyard. Most of the remaining markers date from 1790-1810 and feature a commemorative willow and urn design. The 1836 granite tomb holds those disturbed during the widening of Boylston Street and a mass grave holds hundreds exhumed during the construction of the subway in 1895.
The cemetery serves as a final resting place for the painter Gilbert Stuart, America's first composer, revolutionary soldiers, and foreigners who died while in Boston. |