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  Sleepy Hollow Cemetery - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Sleepy Hollow Cemetery is the resting place of numerous famous figures, including Washington Irving, whose story The Legend of Sleepy Hollow is set in the adjacent Old Dutch Burying Ground.
The cemetery is located in the community formerly known as North Tarrytown, New York, which changed its name in 1997 to Sleepy Hollow, New York.
This Sleepy Hollow Cemetery should not be confused with another notable cemetery of the same name in Concord, Massachusetts; see: Sleepy Hollow Cemetery, Concord.
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 Sleepy Hollow Cemetery, Concord - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Sleepy Hollow Cemetery is a cemetery located on Bedford Road in the center of Concord, Massachusetts.
It should not be confused with Sleepy Hollow Cemetery in Sleepy Hollow, New York.
Sleepy Hollow Cemetery in Concord is the burial site of a number of famous Concordians, including some of the United States' greatest authors and thinkers.
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 Sleepy Hollow Cemetery, Concord   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Sleepy Hollow in Concord is the burial site of a number of famous Concordians, including some of the United States ' greatest authors and thinkers.
Sleepy Hollow has been in use for hundreds of years, and people are still being buried there.
Granny's Sleepy Hollow Rooster Granny's Sleepy Hollow Rooster is the newspaper of a fictional small town called Sleepy Hollow based on characters from the mind of Robert Yance Newton.
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 sleepy hollow cemetery   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Sleepy Hollow Cemetery was made a famous cemetery by Washington Irving's story The Legend of Sleepy Hollow.
It should not be confused with another notable cemetery of the same name in Concord, Massachusetts; see: Sleepy Hollow Cemetery, Concord.
The upper portion of the cemetery is the Sleepy Hollow Cemetery proper, where the more recent burials occur.
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 Tales From the Shadows: The Real Sleepy Hollow
That, in a nutshell, is the Legend of Sleepy Hollow.
Sleepy Hollow, the valley of the Pocantico, was to be one of the featured places in his domain.
Irving himself, however, is buried not in the cemetery of the old Dutch Church, but farther down the road, on the grounds of one of the most impressive sights a visitor to Sleepy Hollow can behold: The Sleepy Hollow Cemetery.
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 Sleepy Hollow Cemetery: FAQ's
Washington Irving is reputed to have populated The Legend of Sleepy Hollow with fictional characters patterned after local residents, some of whom are now interred in the colonial-era burying ground that surrounds the Old Dutch Church.
Irving himself is buried at the southern end of Sleepy Hollow Cemetery, overlooking the Old Dutch Church and its burying ground.
A. Chamber of Commerce of Sleepy Hollow and Tarrytown (http://www.sleepyhollowchamber.com), Historic Hudson Valley (http://www.hudsonvalley.org), Historic River Towns of Westchester (http://hudsonriver.com).
www.sleepyhollowcemetery.org /faq.html   (1049 words)

  
 Sleepy Hollow Cemetery   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
We were enchanted with the ancient cemetery and church, and stepped onto its grounds with a reverence of demeanor.
The blend of antiquity with the roar of jet aircraft overhead and the blare of automobile horns on the highway have not lessened the charm of those sacred haunts.
To the north of the Old Dutch Burying grounds is the modern cemetery of Sleepy Hollow.
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 Sleepy Hollow Cemetery   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Washington Irving himself is buried in It is located in the community formerly as North Tarrytown New York which changed its name in 1997 Sleepy Hollow New York.
It should not be confused with another cemetery of the same name in Concord Massachusetts ; see: Sleepy Hollow Cemetery Concord.
The portion of the cemetery is the Sleepy Cemetery proper where the more recent burials The Rockefeller estates Pocantino whose grounds abut the cemetery contain private Rockefeller Burying Grounds.
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 Sleepy Hollow Cemetery   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Sleepy Hollow Cemetery was made a famous cemetery by Washington Irving 's story The Legend of Sleepy Hollow.
It should not be confused with another notable cemetery of the same name in Concord, Massachusetts ; see: Sleepy Hollow Cemetery, Concord.
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 Sleepy Hollow Cemetery - Open Encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Incorporated in 1849, one of Sleepy Hollow Cemetery's founders was Irving himself.
Originally named Tarrytown Cemetery, it changed its name to Sleepy Hollow after Irving's death.
There is a great deal more to the cemetery than what is visible here.
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 Sleepy Hollow the most famous haunted town in the World
Some speculate that the real headless horseman can be seen roaming the cemetery at night, as well as its modern neighbor, Sleepy Hollow Cemetery, where Washington Irving himself is buried.
Details of the many spirits haunting this cemetery are unknown, but unexplained voices and mists have been reported here late at night.
Her ghost is said to be pulled by horses through the streets of Sleepy Hollow at midnight.
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 Sleepy Hollow Cemetery
Sleepy Hollow Cemetery surrounds the Old Dutch Burying Ground and Old Dutch Church, but neither is affiliated with the cemetery.
Washington Irving himself is laid to rest at the south end of Sleepy Hollow Cemetery overlooking the grounds of the Old Dutch Church.
Please be aware that the parking area adjacent to the church belongs to the cemetery, not the church, and that they close and lock their gates promptly at 4:30 p.m.
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 WHS Cleveland, Designer of Concord's Sleepy Hollow Cemetery
As Concord's Superintendent of Grounds during the planning and laying out of Sleepy Hollow, John Shepard Keyes -- lawyer, judge (from 1874), and public official at the local, state, county, and national levels -- was responsible for the maintenance and improvement of the town's cemeteries.
The design of Sleepy Hollow in the garden cemetery tradition of Cambridge's Mount Auburn Cemetery (1831) was one of their first important commissions.
If there is any doubt that Concord's gem of a cemetery originated largely in Cleveland's transcendental sense of nature as a tonic for the soul and a catalyst for human sensibilities, a visit to another nearby cemetery of his design will clarify the degree to which Sleepy Hollow reflects the man's personal vision.
www.concordma.com /magazine/summer03/sleepyhollowcemetery.html   (1357 words)

  
 The Legend of Sleepy Hollow   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
The story is set in the Dutch settlement of Tarry Town (which is now Sleepy Hollow, Westchester County, New York, United States), near a sequestered glen called Sleepy Hollow, around the year 1787.
It tells the story of Ichabod Crane, a priggish schoolmaster from Connecticut who is scared away from town by Abraham "Brom Bones" Van Brunt, his rivalin love for the hand of eighteen-year-old Katrina Van Tassel, daughter of Baltus Van Tassel and a fifth-generation Dutch immigrant herself.
The legend featured in the story is that of the HeadlessHorseman or Galloping Hessian of the Hollow, the ghost of a Hessian trooper who lost his head to a canon-ball during "some nameless battle" of the American Revolutionary War and who stalks Sleepy Hollowin search of a replacement head.
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 Sleepy Hollow Country
Washington Irving is laid to rest in the southern end of the cemetery in a plot overlooking the old church and its burying ground.
As Irving notes in The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, the old route of the Albany post road was to the east of the church.
Sleepy Hollow Cemetery's receiving vault (inset image) made a cameo in the same film as the Collins family mausoleum.
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 Sleepy Hollow Cemetery -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
The cemetery is located in the community formerly known as North Tarrytown, (A Mid-Atlantic state; one of the original 13 colonies) New York, which changed its name in 1997 to (Click link for more info and facts about Sleepy Hollow, New York) Sleepy Hollow, New York.
This should not be confused with another notable (A tract of land used for burials) cemetery of the same name in (Click link for more info and facts about Concord, Massachusetts) Concord, Massachusetts; see: (Click link for more info and facts about Sleepy Hollow Cemetery, Concord) Sleepy Hollow Cemetery, Concord.
Nor should it be confused with the adjacent and much older, the church yard of the colonial-era church (ca.
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 The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
It tells the story of Ichabod Crane, a priggish schoolmaster from Connecticut who is scared away from town by Abraham "Brom Bones" Van Brunt, his rival in love for the hand of eighteen-year-old Katrina Van Tassel, daughter of Baltus Van Tassel and a fifth-generation Dutch immigrant herself.
The legend featured in the story is that of the Headless Horseman or Galloping Hessian of the Hollow, the ghost of a Hessian trooper who lost his head to a canon-ball during "some nameless battle" of the American Revolutionary War and who stalks Sleepy Hollow in search of a replacement head.
The denouement of the fictional tale is set at the lower bridge in the real location of the Old Dutch Burying Ground in Sleepy Hollow, New York (formerly North Tarrytown) attached to Sleepy Hollow Cemetery.
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 President   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
We have the wonderful traditions of Sleepy Hollow, the beautiful Tappan Zee, the Upper Mills—Frederick Philipse’s renowned manor house, the Old Dutch Church of Sleepy Hollow—famous in history and in fable.
In Sleepy Hollow Cemetery lie the remains of America’s leading "captains and kings" as well as one of the country’s most revered labor leaders, Samuel Gompers.
Henry Steiner is the President of the Sleepy Hollow Society and the Village Historian of Sleepy Hollow.
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 NYGenWeb: SLEEPY HOLLOW, NY Genealogical Resources
Sleepy Hollow was previously known as North Tarrytown, which in turn, was known as Beekmantown until 1874.
Sleepy Hollow was part of the original Manor of Philipseburgh.
Sleepy Hollow is a village in the town of Mount Pleasant.
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 Sleepy Hollow, New York   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Formerly known as North Tarrytown this was officially renamed in March of 1997 Sleepy Hollow.
It is the location of Sleepy Hollow Cemetery made famous by Washington Irving 's story The Legend of Sleepy Hollow.
Sleepy Hollow is located at 41°5'31" North West (41.091998 -73.864361)
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 Encyclopedia: Woodlawn Cemetery
Located in The Bronx, Woodlawn Cemetery is one of the largest cemeteries in New York City.
Opened in 1863, at a time when The Bronx was still considered as being out in "the country." Built on gentle, rolling hills, its tree-lined roads provide a beautiful setting in today's bustling city.
In 1967, what is generally believed to be the first community mausoleum on the East Coast of the United States was built at Woodlawn.
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 Sleepy Hollow Pet Cemetery & Crematory :: Home
At Sleepy Hollow, we understand how difficult it is to lose this special friendship.
We offer cemetery and home burial services, cremation services, memorial items and are available twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week.
We would appreciate it if you would take a moment to look over our services and, be it with Sleepy Hollow or another provider, consider your plans in the event of the unexpected.
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Sleepy Hollow is my hometown: there is no other place like us in the entire world.
Sleepy Hollow has much to offer and we hope you will go beyond Internet browsing and actually visit us in person.
Sleepy Hollow is truly a mosaic that captures what it's like to be an American.
www.sleepyhollowny.org   (342 words)

  
 Sleepy Hollow Cemetery
The original Sleepy Hollow Cemetery is an historical, yet active, cemetery.
I send you herewith a plan of a rural cemetery projected by some of the worthies of Tarrytown, on the woody hills adjacent to the Sleepy Hollow Church.
The projectors are plain matter-of-fact men, but are already, I believe, aware of the blunder which they have committed in naming it the “Tarrytown,” instead of the “Sleepy Hollow” Cemetery.
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 Sleepy Hollow, New York - Headless Horseman Bridge
If you follow the main road of the cemetery, you will ride parallel to a stream with a small rapids, and come to a small wooden bridge that townspeople know to be the Headless Horseman Bridge (some say it was on route 9).
The Cemetery has the Van Tassel's graves, along with Washington Irving, the Rockefellers, an Old Dutch Graveyard, The Old Dutch Church, and a lot of other great spots.
Make a right onto route 9, continue straight for about 4.5 miles, and the cemetery will be on the right.
www.roadsideamerica.com /tips/getAttraction.php3?tip_AttractionNo==7721   (249 words)

  
 Beautiful Spots in Sleepy Hollow cemetery (and other Concord burial places)
This is the second part of an occasional series about Sleepy Hollow cemetery (see the first installment here).
Further down Bedford Road from Sleepy Hollow, St. Bernard's cemetery has two rows of large old maple trees which are brilliantly colored in the fall.
This was a former farmer's field and lacks the dramatic ridges of Sleepy Hollow.
www.concordma.com /magazine/janfeb02/sleepyhollow.html   (369 words)

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