Oakwood Cemetery (Troy, New York)
| place with historical importance, NRHP - National Register of Historic Places
USA /
New York /
Green Island /
Troy, New York /
101st Street, 50
World
/ USA
/ New York
/ Green Island
World / United States / New York
cemetery, place with historical importance, NRHP - National Register of Historic Places
Oakwood Cemetery, one of America's largest rural cemeteries, covers over 350 acres, and was established in 1848. It features a chapel, a crematorium, 24 mauselea, four man-made lakes and is home to about 60,000 graves. The site overlooks the Hudson Valley and is also the burial place of many famous Americans, including Samuel Wilson, whom "Uncle Sam" was modeled after.
National Register of Historic Places reference #84000021
www.oakwoodcemetery.org/
Find a Grave entry: tinyurl.com/hqgxctn
Wikipedia entry for Samuel Wilson: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Wilson
National Register of Historic Places reference #84000021
www.oakwoodcemetery.org/
Find a Grave entry: tinyurl.com/hqgxctn
Wikipedia entry for Samuel Wilson: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Wilson
Wikipedia article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oakwood_Cemetery_(Troy,_New_York)
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Coordinates: 42°45'42"N 73°40'17"W
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