A sign marks the location of a recently rediscovered African burial ground in Kingston, New York, Aug. 5, 2024. The cemetery was largely forgotten, with parts of it covered by a lumberyard by 1880.

While the more-than-half-acre (0.2 hectares) site was designated as a cemetery for people who were enslaved in 1750, it might have been in use before then.

The listicle did not state why the Sleepy Hollow Cemetery was among the nation's most popular haunted trails according to google. The cemetery's walkabout is the lone trail from New York on the list.

oin writer Jessica Ferri on the launch of her book Silent Cities New York: Hidden Histories of the Region’s Cemeteries. The book covers not only the city's greats — Green-Wood Cemetery ...

Ferncliff began with 70 acres of land in 1863 as a nonprofit organization for the Springfield community. The cemetery is located at 501 W. McCreight Ave.

Ferncliff Cemetery has found a new way to honor Navy Seaman First Class James Richard “Dick” Ward, 20, the first Clark County resident killed in World War II.

A centuries-old cemetery for people who were enslaved is reclaimed in New York Students work at the site of an African burial ground, backfilling a hole they had dug, in Kingston, N.Y.

Burials continued through about 1878, more than 50 years after New York fully abolished slavery. Researchers say people were buried with their feet to the east, so when they rise on Judgment Day ...

Advocates Reclaim Forgotten New York Cemetery For Enslaved Africans And Black Americans Harambee Kingston, a non-profit organization, wants to turn a long-forgotten burial ground into a memorial ...