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MANY ROADS TO FREEDOM:
GRAVES AND OTHER CEMETERY MONUMENTS

Graves of Abolitionists

Graves of Soldiers
Graves of Abolitionists

Susan B. Anthony, Mary S. Anthony, Frederick Douglass and Myron Holley are all buried in Mount Hope Cemetery. Other abolitionists are buried there as well, among them Rev. Thomas James, Samuel and Maria Porter, Isaac and Amy Post, the two wives of Frederick Douglass (Anna Murray and Helen Pitts), and other relatives of the Anthony sisters. Other abolitionists are buried in various places in Western New York, including William Clough Bloss (buried in the Brighton Cemetery), Austin Steward (buried in West Avenue Cemetery in Canandaigua), Harriet Tubman (buried in Fort Hill Cemetery, Auburn) and Gerrit Smith (buried in Peterboro Cemetery, Peterboro).
 

Graves of Susan B. and Mary S. Anthony decorated for Memorial Day Grave of Myron Holley Grave of Frederick Douglass



Grave of Austin Steward, West Avenue Cemetery, Canandaigua

Photo courtesy of the Ontario County Historian

Grave of Harriet Tubman, Fort Hill Cemetery,
Auburn, N.Y.

Photo courtesy of the Ontario County Historian
   
Graves of Soldiers
Grave of George W. Henderson Grave of Reuben D. Casey Grave of S. Loyd McKenzie Grave of John Robinson
Civil War monument, Mount Hope Cemetery Flags and flag pole dedication at the Holy Sepulchre Cemetery Civil War monument at Holy Sepuchre Cemetery Wooden grave marker
Civil War monument, Mount Hope Cemetery Civil War monument in Mount Hope Cemetery Col. Pierce and George Loveny decorate graves Decorating Civil War graves
Decorating Civil War graves Mount Hope Cemetery Grave of Lieutenant William Kidd, Jr. Graves of soldiers at Mount Hope Cemetery
 
Grave of Lieutenant William Kidd, Jr.