Cedar Grove Cemetery is a nonsectarian

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. The cemetery occupies the former Spring Hill estate of colonial governor

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History

It was established in 1893 and is still in operation. When Union Cemetery in

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closed in 1897, more than 20,000 bodies were disinterred and transferred to Cedar Grove Cemetery.Rhona Amon
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'' website, accessed February 20, 2009 As of 2009, Cedar Grove had recorded a total of 36,000 burials. Mount Hebron Cemetery was established in 1903 as the

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ish section of Cedar Grove Cemetery and is the burial site of several prominent participants in

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. Cedar Grove was a

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for cemetery scenes in the 1968 film, ''

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Notable burials

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(1885–1954),

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politician, who served in the

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(1956–1986), Italian-born

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actress. *

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(1870–1941), American vaudeville performer * one British Commonwealth war grave, of a Gunner of the

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References

External links

Cedar Grove Cemetery website
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