10 Amazing Graves You Can Visit in the Buffalo, NY Area
It is becoming more and more common for many people to want to visit the graves of famous Americans. They do this from coast to coast, there are many online sites and pages dedicated to celebrity graves, history buffs search for historical data found in cemeteries, and many books have been written by authors about these final resting places. Even this author has written a book called 100 Graves of Upstate New York (Syracuse University).
On these pages, we’ll look at some famous graves in upstate New York that are open to the public. In this gallery, we’ll look at the gravesites of 10 famous and not-so-famous Americans who found their final resting place in the Buffalo area.
And what a list it is.
Here you will find the grave of an American teacher who gave us a national holiday that we celebrate with parades every year. You will find the grave of a daredevil who challenged the mighty Niagara Falls…and won! You’ll meet a Grammy-winning funk and R&B superstar who is buried in Buffalo. You’ll meet a President of the United States. You’ll meet a man who invented something we all love and that TIME Magazine named one of the 100 most important inventions of the 20th century. And you’ll meet an important Native American chief whose Seneca name means “the one who keeps them awake.” And many others.
In future posts we will visit other regions of upstate New York. This post will focus on western New York State, specifically the Buffalo area. All of these stories are incredible.
10 Amazing Graves You Can Visit in the Buffalo, NY Area
This gallery continues our posts about famous graves in various areas of upstate New York. This time we’re looking at ten amazing final resting places you can visit in the Buffalo area.
Many of these graves, but not all, are located at the historic Forest Lawn Cemetery, one of the largest cemeteries in New York State. There are thousands of graves to view, hundreds of fantastic works of early 19th century funerary architecture, headstones representing virtually every major American war, and miles of hiking trails, wooded areas, ponds and streams to enjoy.
On this list, you’ll find the inventor of something we all love, which TIME magazine named one of the 100 most important inventions of the 20th century. You’ll also meet a member of the National Baseball Hall of Fame, the woman who gave us a national holiday we all celebrate with parades, a man who bequeathed to New York State what would become the heart of one of the Empire State’s top three state parks, and an important Native American chief whose Seneca name means “he who keeps them awake.”
All are easily accessible to the public.
Gallery credit: Chuck D’Imperio
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Gallery credit: Chuck D’Imperio