Mount Hope Cemetery - African American Historic Places (sitios de interés)
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| 791 Mount Hope Avenue | Rochester NY 14620 | | ||
About: Mount Hope Cemetery is the first municipal Victorian cemetery in the U.S. The initial land purchase was in 1837 and the cemetery was dedicated in October, 1838. The property now consists of 196 acres and 14 miles of roads. There are over 350,000 interments, including a large percentage of the early pioneers that made Rochester a boom town and contributed to its designation as the "Flour City."
In addition, Mount Hope Cemetery is the final resting place of 2,100 Civil War participants including several members of United States Colored Troops, both men of color and white officers. Abolitionists involved in the Underground Railroad are also buried here, including Frederick Douglass; Susan B., Daniel, and Asa Anthony; Elias and Rhoda DeGarmo; Samuel and Susan Porter; and Isaac and Amy Post.
Text courtesy Friends of the Mount Hope Cemetery
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