Flushing Cemetery
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 The 9/11 Memorial at Flushing Cemetery. | |
| Details | |
|---|---|
| Year established | 1853[1] |
| Location | Flushing, New York |
| Country | United States |
| Coordinates | 40°45′6″N 73°47′58″W / 40.75167°N 73.79944°WCoordinates: 40°45′6″N 73°47′58″W / 40.75167°N 73.79944°W |
| Find a Grave | Flushing Cemetery |
| The Political Graveyard | Flushing Cemetery |
Flushing Cemetery is a cemetery in Flushing in the borough of Queens in New York City, New York.
Burials
- Louis Armstrong (1901–1971), musician and singer
- Bernard Baruch (1870–1965), financier, after whom Baruch College is named
- Eugene Bullard (1895–1961), the first Black military pilot
- Ellis Parker Butler (1869–1937), author of Pigs is Pigs
- Dr. Adam Clayton Powell, Sr.
- Dizzy Gillespie (1917–1993), jazz trumpet player
- Hermann Grab, writer
- Johnny Hodges, long-time Ellington band sideman and soloist
- Thomas Birdsall Jackson, United States Congressman
- Jan Matulka, Modern artist
- Lemuel E. Quigg, United States Representative from New York
- May Robson, actress
- Vincent Sardi, Sr., founder of Sardi's restaurant.
- Hazel Scott, musician
- Aris San, Greek singer who spent most of his life in Israel and United States.
- Frederic Storm (1844-1935), US Representative for New York (1901-03)
- Jo Van Fleet, actress
References
- ↑ "Flushing Cemetery". Forgotten NY. Retrieved 2008-05-28.
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