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burying ground

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Bur´y`ing ground`
1.The ground or place for burying the dead; burial place.
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Noun1.burying ground - a tract of land used for burialsburying ground - a tract of land used for burials    
potter's field - a cemetery for unknown or indigent people
land site, site - the piece of land on which something is located (or is to be located); "a good site for the school"
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burying ground
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They include a record of the ceremony dedicating the monument, including speeches given by two ministers; the Athol Directory and Advertiser for 1858; the town valuation from 1856; Athol school reports for 1858 and 1859; and records of meetings that resulted in the burying ground being reconsecrated.
Their topics include prehistoric peoples, ancient burial cairns and mounds, the Old Songhees village site, taking in the hospital garbage a hundred years later, buried pots recalling early Chinese immigrants, radar on the old burying ground, mudlarking in the Gorge, and unraveling a 19th-century domestic disaster at Ross Bay Villa.
Other sights along the way include: the King's Chapel and Burying Ground (Boston's first Anglican church, built in 1688 by the Puritans, many of whom are buried in its graveyard), the house of Paul "I've got my horse right here" Revere and the USS Constitution - or "Old Ironsides" - which sank two British ships in the war of 1812 between the US and Britain.
 
 
 
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