Myles Standish Burial Ground, Duxbury
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Myles Standish Burial Ground in Duxbury is a historic cemetery, considered one of the oldest maintained graveyards in the United States and the traditional resting place of Mayflower military leader Myles Standish.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
burial ground
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historic cemetery → tourist attraction → |
| associatedWith |
Duxbury history
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Mayflower passengers → Myles Standish → Pilgrims → Plymouth Colony → |
| category |
Cemeteries in Plymouth County, Massachusetts
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Cemeteries on the National Register of Historic Places in Massachusetts → Protected areas of Plymouth County, Massachusetts → Tourist attractions in Plymouth County, Massachusetts → |
| containsGraveOf |
John Alden
→
Myles Standish → Priscilla Mullins →
surface form: "Priscilla Mullins Alden"
other early Duxbury settlers → |
| country |
United States of America
→
surface form: "United States"
|
| era | colonial American period → |
| governingBody | local government of Duxbury, Massachusetts → |
| hasFeature |
commemorative plaques
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fenced burial plots → historic gravestones → |
| hasMonument | Myles Standish monument over traditional grave site → |
| hasType | old burial ground → |
| heritageDesignation | National Register of Historic Places → |
| heritageStatus | historic site → |
| languageOfSignage | English → |
| locatedIn |
Duxbury, Massachusetts
NERFINISHED
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Massachusetts → Plymouth County, Massachusetts NERFINISHED → United States of America →
surface form: "United States"
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| maintainedBy |
Duxbury, Massachusetts
→
surface form: "Town of Duxbury"
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| namedAfter | Myles Standish → |
| notableFor |
connection to Mayflower military leader Myles Standish
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early 17th- and 18th-century gravestones → |
| NRHPType | historic district → |
| openToPublic | true → |
| partOf |
Duxbury, Massachusetts
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surface form: "Duxbury historic sites"
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| region | New England → |
| religion | Christianity → |
| significance |
one of the oldest maintained cemeteries in the United States
→
traditional burial place of Myles Standish → |
| usedFor |
burial
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commemoration of early Plymouth Colony settlers → |
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.