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Where Baltimore's Best Were Laid to Rest: Greenmount Cemetery (HIT 738)

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Nearly 65,000 souls are buried in Green Mount, the cemetery known as the final resting place for Baltimore's best and infamous. Examine the historic cemetery which was built in the romantic gothic revival style of architecture in 1838 and dedicated in 1839. Explore this treasury of precious art and striking works by major sculptors. Learn about the planning, construction, and history of Green Mount Cemetery and examine and discuss the lives, accomplishments and failures of those citizens of Baltimore that are buried here including John Wilkes Booth, Johns Hopkins, Betsy Patterson, Enoch Pratt, and many others. Evaluate the legacy that this cemetery and its inhabitants have left to Baltimore, to Maryland, and to the USA.

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