Gate of Heaven Cemetery - Hawthorne NY
Posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member nomadwillie
N 41° 05.736 W 073° 47.670
18T E 601238 N 4550069
Gate of Heaven Cemetery has interred over 190,000 Catholics and members of their families in graves. Among its famous residents is baseball player Babe Ruth.
Waymark Code: WM17JHH
Location: New York, United States
Date Posted: 02/27/2023
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member pmaupin
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Gate of Heaven Cemetery, approximately 25 miles (40 km) north of New York City, was established in 1917 at 10 West Stevens Ave. in Hawthorne, Westchester County, New York, as a Roman Catholic burial site. Among its famous residents is baseball player Babe Ruth, whose grave has an epitaph by Cardinal Francis Spellman and is almost always adorned by many baseballs, bats and caps. Adjacent to the Garden Mausoleum is a small train station of the Metro-North Railroad Harlem Division named Mount Pleasant, where four trains stop daily, two northbound and two southbound. Several baseball players are buried here.

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City, Town, or Parish / State / Country: Hawthorne / NY / USA

Approximate number of graves: 190000

Cemetery Status: Active

Cemetery Website: [Web Link]

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