Granary Burying Ground, Boston, Massachusetts, United States

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colonial-era burying ground historic cemetery tourist attraction

Granary Burying Ground in Boston is a historic colonial-era cemetery notable as the resting place of prominent American Revolution figures, including John Hancock, Samuel Adams, and Paul Revere.

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Label	Occurrences
Granary Burying Ground, Boston	2
Granary Burying Ground, Boston, Massachusetts, United States canonical	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	colonial-era burying ground ⓘ historic cemetery ⓘ tourist attraction ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Granary Burying Ground ⓘ surface form: Granary Burial Ground
area	approximately 2 acres ⓘ
burialPlaceOf	Benjamin Franklin’s parents ⓘ Crispus Attucks ⓘ James Otis Jr. ⓘ John Hancock ⓘ Mary Goose ⓘ Paul Revere ⓘ Faneuil Hall ⓘ surface form: Peter Faneuil Robert Treat Paine ⓘ Samuel Adams ⓘ victims of the Boston Massacre ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
established	1660 ⓘ
foundedInCentury	17th century ⓘ
hasFeature	brick pathways ⓘ interpretive signs ⓘ obelisks ⓘ slate headstones ⓘ table tombs ⓘ
hasMemorialFor	Benjamin Franklin ⓘ Boston Massacre victims ⓘ John Hancock ⓘ Paul Revere ⓘ Samuel Adams ⓘ
locatedIn	Boston, Massachusetts ⓘ surface form: Boston Boston, Massachusetts ⓘ surface form: Boston, Massachusetts, United States Massachusetts ⓘ
locatedInNeighborhood	Downtown Boston ⓘ
locatedOn	Tremont Street, Boston ⓘ surface form: Tremont Street
maintainedBy	Boston Parks and Recreation Department ⓘ surface form: City of Boston Parks and Recreation Department
namedAfter	adjacent town granary ⓘ
NRHPType	contributing property ⓘ
numberOfBurials	over 5000 ⓘ
numberOfMarkers	approximately 2300 ⓘ
onRegister	National Register of Historic Places ⓘ
originalName	Granary Burying Ground ⓘ surface form: South Burying Ground
ownedBy	Boston, Massachusetts ⓘ surface form: City of Boston
partOf	Boston National Historical Park ⓘ surface form: Boston National Historical Park (contextual association) Freedom Trail ⓘ
significance	important site in American colonial history ⓘ one of Boston’s oldest cemeteries ⓘ resting place of many American Revolution figures ⓘ
usedFor	heritage tourism ⓘ historical education ⓘ public visitation ⓘ

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John Hancock → burialPlace → Granary Burying Ground, Boston, Massachusetts, United States ⓘ

Samuel Adams → burialPlace → Granary Burying Ground, Boston, Massachusetts, United States ⓘ

this entity surface form: Granary Burying Ground, Boston

Dorothy Quincy → burialPlace → Granary Burying Ground, Boston, Massachusetts, United States ⓘ

this entity surface form: Granary Burying Ground, Boston