The Spokesman-Review

One of oldest cemeteries in Piece County sold for $1. Here’s what we know about its future

On Halloween, the Pierce County Council voted unanimously to approve the land transfer of one of the oldest graveyards in the county to the city of Lakewood in exchange for $1. Old Settlers’ Cemetery, ...
Brooklyn Daily Eagle

Lady Moody’s graveyard: Preserving the city’s oldest burial ground

A historic Gravesend graveyard is getting the Green-Wood treatment. The Old Gravesend Cemetery, located near the corner of Gravesend Neck Road and McDonald Avenue since the mid-17th century, is ...
AOL

Take a look at one of America’s oldest cemeteries

The American Cemetery, esteemed as the oldest cemetery in the Louisiana Purchase, stands as a testament to the state’s rich tapestry of history. This sacred ground offers visitors a unique journey ...
St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Grave situation: What happens to our oldest cemeteries

The old country graveyard, which rests in an unmarked wooded clearing, is filled with the names of fellow early pioneers. Many of those names are faded to the point of illegibility. Others are ...
Taunton Daily Gazette

Taunton's oldest legible grave: Who was Elizabeth Walker and where is she buried?

TAUNTON — “Here lies the body of Elizabeth Walker, the wife of James Walker, aged 59, died in the year 1678, August ye 14.” That’s the inscription on the oldest legible gravestone in Taunton. There ...