Granary Burying Ground

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burial ground historic cemetery tourist attraction

Granary Burying Ground is a historic 17th-century cemetery in downtown Boston, Massachusetts, known as the resting place of several prominent figures of the American Revolution, including Paul Revere.

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Label Occurrences
Granary Burying Ground canonical 17
Granary Burial Ground 1
Granary Burying Ground historic cemetery 1

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf burial ground ⓘ
historic cemetery ⓘ
tourist attraction ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Granary Burial Ground ⓘ
associatedWithEvent American Revolutionary War ⓘ
surface form: American Revolution

Boston Massacre ⓘ
burialPlaceOf Benjamin Franklin’s parents ⓘ
Crispus Attucks ⓘ
James Otis Jr. ⓘ
John Hancock ⓘ
Mary Goose ⓘ
surface form: Mary Goose (often associated with Mother Goose legend)

Paul Revere ⓘ
Faneuil Hall ⓘ
surface form: Peter Faneuil

Robert Treat Paine ⓘ
Samuel Adams ⓘ
victims of the Boston Massacre ⓘ
centuryEstablished 17th century ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
eraOfMostBurials 17th century ⓘ
18th century ⓘ
early 19th century ⓘ
established 1660 ⓘ
hasFeature Adams family tomb ⓘ
Boston Massacre victims’ monument ⓘ
Hancock family tomb ⓘ
John Hancock grave marker ⓘ
Paul Revere grave marker ⓘ
Revere family marker ⓘ
Samuel Adams grave marker ⓘ
obelisk monument to the Franklin family ⓘ
slate headstones ⓘ
table tombs ⓘ
winged skull iconography ⓘ
hasTourism guided tours ⓘ
heritageType colonial-era cemetery ⓘ
isOneOf oldest surviving cemeteries in Boston ⓘ
locatedIn Boston, Massachusetts ⓘ
surface form: Boston

Boston Common ⓘ
surface form: Boston Common area

Massachusetts ⓘ
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 a 18th-century town granary that once stood nearby ⓘ
numberOfGraves over 2300 markers ⓘ
openToPublic yes ⓘ
ownedBy Boston, Massachusetts ⓘ
surface form: City of Boston
partOf Freedom Trail ⓘ
precededBy King's Chapel Burying Ground as Boston's first cemetery ⓘ
significance important site on Boston’s Freedom Trail ⓘ
resting place of many American Revolution figures ⓘ

Referenced by (23)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Paul Revere → burialPlace → Granary Burying Ground ⓘ
Freedom Trail → hasSite → Granary Burying Ground ⓘ
Granary Burying Ground, Boston, Massachusetts, United States → originalName → Granary Burying Ground ⓘ
subject surface form: Granary Burying Ground
this entity surface form: South Burying Ground
Granary Burying Ground, Boston, Massachusetts, United States → alsoKnownAs → Granary Burying Ground ⓘ
subject surface form: Granary Burying Ground
this entity surface form: Granary Burial Ground
Samuel Sewall → burialPlace → Granary Burying Ground ⓘ
Samuel Gray → burialPlace → Granary Burying Ground ⓘ
Park Street station → near → Granary Burying Ground ⓘ
King's Chapel Burying Ground → near → Granary Burying Ground ⓘ
Mary Goose → burialPlace → Granary Burying Ground ⓘ
Mary Goose → locatedInGraveyard → Granary Burying Ground ⓘ
Robert Treat Paine → burialPlace → Granary Burying Ground ⓘ
Rachel Walker → placeOfBurial → Granary Burying Ground ⓘ
Downtown Boston → hasLandmark → Granary Burying Ground ⓘ
John Hull → burialPlace → Granary Burying Ground ⓘ
Hancock family tomb → locatedInCemetery → Granary Burying Ground ⓘ
Hancock family tomb → partOf → Granary Burying Ground ⓘ
this entity surface form: Granary Burying Ground historic cemetery
Boston Massacre victims’ monument → location → Granary Burying Ground ⓘ
Boston Massacre victims’ monument → partOf → Granary Burying Ground ⓘ
this entity surface form: Granary Burying Ground memorials
Boston Massacre victims’ monument → locatedInCityCemetery → Granary Burying Ground ⓘ
Boston Massacre victims’ monument → isInHistoricCemetery → Granary Burying Ground ⓘ
War of 1812 general Joseph Warren → burialPlace → Granary Burying Ground ⓘ
subject surface form: Joseph Warren
this entity surface form: Granary Burying Ground, Boston
Park Street MBTA station → hasNearbyLandmark → Granary Burying Ground ⓘ
subject surface form: Park Street station
William Eustis → burialPlace → Granary Burying Ground ⓘ
this entity surface form: Old Granary Burying Ground