Eastern Cemetery
Chartered 1668
Declared a National Historic Site January 1974
Here lie 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 of the Colonial wars, 150 soldiers of the Revolution, defenders in the War of 1812, the Civil War, and 206 unnamed graves of the early settlers.
To them this tablet is dedicated by the Longfellow Garden Club July 1975
Marker is on Congress Street near Mountfort Street, on the right when traveling north.
Courtesy hmdb.org
