America's Oldest Maintained Cemetery
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America's Oldest Maintained Cemetery
South Duxbury, Massachusetts
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Myles Standish Burying Ground is the oldest maintained cemetery in the United States. This sacred ground has been cared for by the town of Duxbury, Massachusetts, and takes its name from Myles Standish, military leader of the Plymouth Colony, who was interred here in 1656.
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