Eastern Cemetery - Portland, ME
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"The Eastern Cemetery is an historic cemetery at the intersection of Washington Avenue and Congress Street in the East Bayside neighborhood of Portland, Maine." - Wikipedia
Waymark Code: WMK842
Location: Maine, United States
Date Posted: 02/26/2014
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County of cemetery: Cumberland County
Location of cemetery: Monfort St., Federal St. & Congress St., Portland
Number of graves in cemetery: 6,817
Marker erected by: The Longfellow Garden Club
Date marker erected: July 1975
Marker Text:
EASTERN CEMETERY
CHARTERED 1668
Declared a National Historic Site January 1975
Here lied the hardy courageous early settlers, the men and women who founded and defended this area. Who made history in civil life, government, law, the arts, education, religion, in the state and in the nation.
3848 named graves including defenders in the Colonial Wars, 160 soldiers of The Revolution, defenders in the War of 1812, The Civil War, and 208 unnamed graves of the early settlers.
To Them This Tablet is Dedicated