Arlington Memorial Park

Arlington Memorial Park
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Location Kearny, New Jersey 07032
Country United States
Coordinates 40°46′21″N 74°07′56″W / 40.77250°N 74.13220°W / 40.77250; -74.13220 (Arlington Memorial Park)

Arlington Memorial Park is a cemetery located mostly within the Arlington section of Kearny in Hudson County, New Jersey, on Schuyler Avenue. A small portion of the cemetery is located across Belleville Turnpike in North Arlington in Bergen County.[1]

Prior to its creation the ground was owned by Julius Pratt,[2] who later negotiated the development of the "attractive and picturesque" cemetery.[3]

The large cemetery contains thousands of graves, many of early settlers of Hudson County, including some remains relocated from the graveyard at Old Bergen Church, and from the many Scots immigrants to Kearny.[4] There are also over 500 American Civil War veteran gravesites, [5] including those of Drummer Boy Willie McGee[6] and Medal of Honor recipient James McIntosh.[7] The town was once site the Home for Disabled Soldiers, an old soldiers' home closed in 1932.[8][9]

References

  1. ↑ "Arlington Memorial Park (Kearny) Cemetery - Hudson County, New Jersey". www.histopolis.com. Retrieved 2011-09-07.
  2. ↑ Krasner, Barbara. Kearny, Arcadia Publishing, 2000. ISBN 0-7385-0403-3. Accessed 2011-09-07
  3. ↑ Novicki, Susan A. (2008), Montclair, New Jersey: The development of a suburban town and its architecture, City University of New York, p. 152
  4. ↑ Sarapin, Janice Kohl (1994), Old Burial Grounds of New Jersey, Rutgers University Press, ISBN 0-8135-2111-4
  5. ↑ "Arlington Memorial Park (Kearny) Cemetery - Hudson County, New Jersey". newjerseycivilwargravestones.org. Retrieved 2011-09-07.
  6. ↑ Fox, Thomas; Bilby, Joseph G (2008), Drummer Boy Willie McGee Cvil War Hero and Fraud, McFarland and Co., ISBN 978-0-7864-3289-9
  7. ↑ Leir, Ron (August 15, 2012). "Will Civil War vet’s name be attached to Wittpenn Bridge?". The Observer (Kearny, New Jersey). Archived from the original on September 22, 2012.
  8. ↑ "Home for Disabled Soldiers" (PDF). http://shorock.com. Retrieved 2011-09-07. External link in |publisher= (help)
  9. ↑ Fitts, Deborah. "Kearny Veterans Home Statue Will Be Replaced". Civil War News. Retrieved 2011-09-07.

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