Tombstone Tuesday ~ Myles Standish Burying Ground

 

 

 

 

Myles Standish

 

 

Old Burying Ground

Grave of

Capt. Myles Standish

1656

 

 

America's Oldest

Maintained Cemetery

Myles Standish Burying Ground is the Oldest

maintained cemetery in the United States.

This sacred ground has been cared for

by the town of Duxbury, Massachusetts,

and takes its name from Myles Standish,

military leader of the Plymouth Colony,

who was interred here in October of 1656.

Plaque dedicated in August 1977

 

As a Bicentennial gift to the nation,

byt the American Cemetery Association.

 

 

Click here for the Town of Duxbury website, page for teh Standish Burying Ground:
http://www.town.duxbury.ma.us/Public_Documents/DuxburyMA_Cemetery/standish/standish

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