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Patriot Burials

Walnut Grove Cemetery

 
 
Patriot Burials Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Mira Earls, August 28, 2024
1. Patriot Burials Marker
Inscription. Burials as early as ca. 1803 At least fifteen Revolutionary War veterans interred here ca. 1812-1853.
 
Erected 2021 by William G. Pomeroy Foundation. (Marker Number 853.)
 
Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Cemeteries & Burial SitesWar, US Revolutionary. In addition, it is included in the Patriot Burials (WGPF), and the William G. Pomeroy Foundation series lists. A significant historical year for this entry is 1803.
 
Location. 43° 0.409′ N, 76° 10.56′ W. Marker is in Syracuse, New York, in Onondaga County. It is on South Avenue, on the left when traveling north. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Syracuse NY 13215, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Upstate New York and specifically in Central New York. It is also in the American Northeast, on the Great Lakes, and in the Mid-Atlantic. Globally, it is in North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy, New Netherland, and one of the original
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Thirteen Colonies.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 2 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: War of 1812 (approx. 0.4 miles away); Francis Asbury (approx. 0.4 miles away); First County Courthouse (approx. 0.4 miles away); The Sanatorium (approx. 0.6 miles away); County Poor House (approx. Ύ mile away); Gen. Ellis Cemetery (approx. 0.8 miles away); Forman House (approx. 1.4 miles away); Anglers Assn. (approx. 1.4 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Syracuse.
 
Patriot Burials Marker wider view image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Mira Earls, August 28, 2024
2. Patriot Burials Marker wider view
A plot in the cemetery surrounded by a fence image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Mira Earls, August 28, 2024
3. A plot in the cemetery surrounded by a fence
Walnut Grove Cemetery Est. 1798 wooden sign mounted on the chain link fence visible from the road image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Mira Earls, August 28, 2024
4. Walnut Grove Cemetery Est. 1798 wooden sign mounted on the chain link fence visible from the road
View of a gravesite within the cemetery image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Mira Earls, August 28, 2024
5. View of a gravesite within the cemetery
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on August 31, 2024. It was originally submitted on August 28, 2024, by Mira Earls of Cortland, New York. This page has been viewed 317 times since then and 24 times this year. Photos:   1, 2, 3, 4, 5. submitted on August 28, 2024, by Mira Earls of Cortland, New York. • Andrew Ruppenstein was the editor who published this page.
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