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Ramble Through the Revolution: Old Hill Burying Ground (Copy)

  • Old Hill Burying Ground 25 Greenleaf Street Newburyport, MA 01950 United States (map)

Meet Revolutionary heroes, merchants, captains, and curious characters among Old Hill's remarkable stones and family tombs.

Wander through Newburyport's historic 1730 Old Hill Burying Ground with noted author and historian Ghlee Woodworth, a 12th-generation Newburyport native. Meet Revolutionary War heroes, captains and merchants of Old Newbury, and even a "cool, cool cat" in a stroll around this hilly graveyard. From some of the most ornate early tombstone decorations in New England to the mausoleums of Newburyport's leading families, Old Hill Burying Ground looks down on the city from its perch above Bartlet Mall.

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