Cedar Grove Cemetery (Queens)

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]

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 0-916489-89-2, 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. 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

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