Eastern Cemetery - Portland, ME - Maine Historical Markers on Waymarking.com

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

Address and /or location: Monfort St., Congress St., and Federal St., end of Washington Ave., Portland, ME 04101 Who put it there (Sponsor): The Longfellow Garden Club Date (Erected or Dediated): July 1975

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