Friends Burial Ground - Baltimore MD
Posted by: Don.Morfe
N 39° 19.074 W 076° 35.664
18S E 362554 N 4353267
Friends Burial Ground is a historic Quaker cemetery in Baltimore, Maryland. It is the earliest cemetery in Baltimore, established in 1713, and 2.8 acres (11,000 m2) in size. It contains a total of approximately 1,900 simple grave markers.
Waymark Code: WM13PGV
Location: Maryland, United States
Date Posted: 01/23/2021
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Also known as Friendship. Entrance by Appointment only.
From Wikipedia in part:
Friends Burial Ground is a historic Quaker cemetery in Baltimore, Maryland, United States. It is the earliest cemetery in Baltimore, established in 1713, and 2.8 acres (11,000 m2) in size. It contains a total of approximately 1,900 small, simple grave markers, arranged in compact rows interspersed with large trees. The graveyard is surrounded by a fieldstone wall 8 feet (2.4 m) high, built in the 1860s, now covered with moss, roses, and ivy.
Friends Burial Ground was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2005.
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