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Old Burying Ground

Brookline, Italy

Old Burying Ground

The Old Burying Ground, also known as Walnut Street Cemetery, was the first cemetery established in Brookline, Massachusetts, in 1717. It was the town's only cemetery for 140 years until the establishment of the Holyhood Cemetery in 1857, and the Walnut Hills Cemetery in 1875. The cemetery is part o

f the Brookline Town Green Historic District. The cemetery remains open to visitors but is no longer active, with the last burial occurring in 1995.

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