Granary Burying Ground

Granary Burying Ground.

Founded in 1660, the Granary Burying Ground on Tremont Street in Boston, Massachusetts is the city's third-oldest cemetery. It serves as the final resting place for many notable Revolutionary War-era patriots, including three signers of the Declaration of Independence and the five victims of the Boston Massacre. The cemetery is adjacent to Park Street Church and immediately across from Suffolk University Law School.

[edit] Notable burials

Granary Burying Ground with Suffolk Law School across the street

Peter Faneuil (1700-1743), benefactor of Faneuil Hall
Samuel Adams (1722-1803), statesman, signer of the Declaration of Independence
Crispus Attucks (1723-1770), African-American victim of the Boston Massacre, in a common grave with the other 4 victims and a boy killed 11 days before
John Hancock (1737-1793), statesman, signer of the Declaration of Independence
James Otis (1725-1783), lawyer, Revolutionary War Patriot
Robert Treat Paine (1731-1814), signer of the Declaration of Independence
Paul Revere (1735-1818), silversmith, Revolutionary War Patriot
Members of Benjamin Franklin's family, but not Franklin himself, who is buried in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Mother Goose (1665-1758), famous author of fairy tales and nursery rhymes (likely not the original Mother Goose, since some of her stories long predate the 17th century, but had many children and was well-known at the time for her knowledge of nursery rhymes)

Grave of Samuel Adams.	Grave of Crispus Attucks and other victims of the Boston Massacre	James Bowdoin's tomb.	Peter Faneuil's tomb.
Mother Goose's grave.	John Hancock memorial.	James Otis' grave.	Paul Revere.
USS Trumbull (1776) depicted on the 1780 grave of Lt. Jabez Smith, killed aboard the ship	Grave of John Wheatley, owner of Phillis Wheatley.