Early history of Green Mount Cemetery

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Audio file of Wayne Shaumburg discussing founding of Green Mount Cemetery.

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By Nathan Dennies
Officially dedicated on July 13, 1839 and born out of the garden cemetery movement, Green Mount Cemetery is one of the first garden cemeteries created in the United States. After seeing the beautiful Mount Auburn Cemetery in Connecticut in 1834,…