MAKING OF A NEW NATION 1776 1800
ALEXANDER HAMILTON
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Question
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Goodleburg Cemetery
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Saint Loius Cemetery
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Oakland Cemetery
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Trinity Church Cemetery
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Detailed explanation-1: -This burial ground has been the final resting place for many historic figures since the Churchyard cemetery opened in 1697. Alexander Hamilton is laid to rest at Trinity Church, as well as his wife Eliza Hamilton .
Detailed explanation-2: -Hamilton was just 47 when he was killed in the infamous 1804 duel with Aaron Burr. He’s buried in the cemetery of Trinity Church, where he owned a pew (No. 92), and where five of his eight children were baptized. His grave is marked by an elegant white marble pyramid, surrounded by four urns.
Detailed explanation-3: -Trinity Church in New York City’s Financial District is famous for being as old as just about anything in town; its graveyard holds the remains of Robert Fulton, Elizabeth Schuyler, and Alexander Hamilton, among others.
Detailed explanation-4: -The grave of Richard Churcher in Trinity Churchyard, dating to 1681, is the oldest carved gravestone in New York City, a memorial for a boy who died at the age of five.