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Milk Row Cemetery

Historic cemetery in Massachusetts, US

Milk Row Cemetery
Summary

Historic cemetery in Massachusetts, US

FieldValue
nameMilk Row Cemetery
imageOld Somerville Cemetery.jpg
locationSomerville, Massachusetts
coordinates
locmapinMassachusetts#USA
built1804
addedSeptember 18, 1989
mpsubSomerville MPS
refnum89001301
Cambridge]] instead of this one. As a result, this cemetery remained small, and was the only one established within the city limits in the 19th century.

The cemetery was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989.

Milk Row Cemetery, Ghosts Of Somerville
Milk Row Cemetery Civil War monument
John Lealand grave

The city of Somerville opens the Cemetery for tours during the spring through early fall, and holds a special event called "Ghosts of Somerville" in concert with the annual Halloween Monster Mash event. Costumed guides accompany visitors through some of the historically relevant graves, which includes one of an unknown British soldier of the Revolutionary War era that was discovered and relocated during nearby street reconstruction.

Civil War monument

The American Civil War monument, erected in 1863, is reputed to be one of the first in the nation. Inscriptions around the base include text to honor the service of the SLI, or Somerville Light Infantry, as well as the names of soldiers fallen in the war. The monument was built under the supervision of a committee of the Somerville Light Infantry, and funded by donations. Names and regiments are engraved on the monument, but the list is incomplete. The lot in the cemetery was a gift of Enoch Robinson, and the monument was manufactured by Power & Hall, manufacturers of marble goods of Boston. That firm's junior partner, Charles E. Hall, was a Somerville resident. That same firm created a Civil War monument for Hampden, Maine the following year.

References

References

  1. {{NRISref. 2008a
  2. "Ghosts of Somerville 2006-2010".
  3. "NRHP nomination for Old Cemetery". Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
  4. "The Civil War Monument".
  5. Browne, Patrick. (2018-07-07). "Somerville".
  6. ''Reports of the School Committee, Selectmen, Treasurer, and Collector of Taxes, of the Town of Somerville, for the Year Ending March 1, 1864'' (Somerville: Town of Somerville, 1864)
  7. [https://www.maine.gov/civilwar/monuments/hampden.html Maine Civil War Monuments: Hampden]
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