Key West Cemetery
The Key West Cemetery is a 19-acre (77,000 m2) cemetery at the foot of Solares Hill on the island of Key West, Florida, United States.
It is estimated that as many as 100,000 people are buried there, many more than the 30,000 residents who currently live on the island.[1]
It is in the northeast section of the Old Town area of the island.
History
In 1847 it was established at its current location after an 1846 hurricane washed dead bodies from the earlier cemetery out of the coastal sand dunes on Whitehead Point near the West Martello Towers.[2] An African Memorial Cemetery was dedicated beside the West Martello Tower in 2009. Slaves, ill from the sea voyage to slavery in "The New World," were buried there prior to the US Civil War.
In 2005, the cemetery was among those profiled in the PBS documentary A Cemetery Special.
Gallery
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"A los martires de cuba" Section for Cuban freedom-fighters
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Battleship Maine memorial section
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Area containing Confederate Navy sailors' graves
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Historic Angel grave marker
References
External links
External links
- Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS) No. FL-191, "Memorial to the U. S. Battleship Maine, Key West Cemetery, Key West, Monroe County, FL", 3 data pages, supplemental material
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