Island Cemetery

The past is prologue. These are the people who built America.

Farewell St. what a true name for a Burying ground. From the first people who settled in Newport RI to some of our latest residents. This is the place where they now rest in peace. I love to go t...

Nice experience during these social distancing times.

We did not take a map, so it was fun trying to find the oldest stones. We had the cemetery to ourselves and enjoyed the tranquility. Interesting experience.

Wonderful Old Cemetery, Needs Better Mapping

This cemetery has been on my list of cemeteries to visit for a while due to my personal goal to visit all the Signers of the Declaration of Independence's graves. There are two cemeteries here combine...

Very beautiful and interesting

There are some wonderful stories of people buried here. Slaves, WWW1 & 2 vets, beautiful statuary, and crumbling slate headstones from the mid 1700s. The Jewish sections are across the street and much...

nicely maintained, from 1640

Colonial cemetery with separate sections for slave graves and Jewish graves. At least in the case of the former, some slaves were allowed to be buried in the plots of their owners. Reportedly may co...