Mount Moor African-American Cemetery

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Mount Moor African-American Cemetery
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LocationDexter Rd., off NY 54A, Clarkstown, New York
Coordinates 41°05′47″N73°57′31″W / 41.09639°N 73.95861°W / 41.09639; -73.95861
Area3 acres (1.2 ha)
Built1849
NRHP reference No. 94001001 [1]
Added to NRHPAugust 29, 1994

Mount Moor African-American Cemetery, also known as Mount Moor Cemetery, is a historic African American cemetery located at Palisades Center, West Nyack in Rockland County, New York. It was established in 1849 and contains approximately 90 known graves including veterans of the Civil War, Spanish-American War and World War I. [2] [3] Among the notable burials are Lafayette Logan, a Buffalo Soldier who fought with the 54th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment and several members of the 26th United States Colored Infantry Regiment. [3] [4] [5] [6]

According to the cemetery's records, Mount Moor dates to July 7, 1849 when James and Jane Benson deeded the land to William H. Moore, Stephen Samuels, and Issac Williams who were affiliated with what was known as the “Burying Ground for Colored People.” It expanded to incorporate a southern section in 1855 and was officially dedicated on May 1, 1965. [7] [3] It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1994 and restored in 2021. [7] [1] It is now surrounded by the Palisades Center shopping mall and its parking lots.

References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. ↑ John A. Bonafide (May 1994). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Mount Moor African-American Cemetery". New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation . Retrieved May 28, 2010.See also: "Accompanying 11 photos".
  3. 1 2 3 Lewis, Zen (March 12, 2017). "Mount Moor Cemetery" . Retrieved April 23, 2022.
  4. ↑ Lieberman, Steve (May 23, 2018). "West Nyack: Black Civil War soldier's headstone desecrated" . Retrieved April 23, 2022.
  5. ↑ Berger, Tia (May 28, 2018). "Community Activists Outraged at the Defiling of a Black Civil War Soldier's Grave". The Atlanta Black Star. Retrieved April 23, 2022.
  6. ↑ "Focusing on the contributions of African-American veterans". The Journal News. August 21, 1996. p. 12. Retrieved April 23, 2022.
  7. 1 2 Kahn, Kathy (June 2, 2021). "Historic Cemetery Being Restored" . Retrieved April 23, 2022.


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