Mount Pleasant Cemetery (Seattle)

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Mount Pleasant Cemetery
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Mount Pleasant Cemetery (Seattle)
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Seattle, Washington
CountryUnited States
Coordinates 47°38′43″N122°21′57″W / 47.64528°N 122.36583°W / 47.64528; -122.36583

Mount Pleasant Cemetery is a cemetery in Seattle's Queen Anne neighborhood, in the U.S. state of Washington. [1] [2] It opened in 1879. [3]

The cemetery contains the remains of the unknown dead of the 1906 SS Valencia disaster, as well as many early Seattle pioneers, and Filipino-American author and activist Carlos Bulosan. A memorial to the dead of the 1916 Everett Massacre is located in the northeast section of the cemetery. [4] During World War II, the cemetery served as a site for anti-aircraft defenses. [5]

References

  1. ↑ "Mount Pleasant Cemetery – 700 W Raye St". Queen Anne Historical Society. Retrieved September 9, 2024.
  2. ↑ "Mount Pleasant Cemetery". www.historylink.org. Retrieved September 9, 2024.
  3. ↑ "A Seattle Graveyard, Full of Tragic Tales". Atlas Obscura. Retrieved September 9, 2024.
  4. ↑ Queen Anne Historical Society, Mt. Pleasant Cemetery Archived December 26, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
  5. ↑ Wilma, David. Seattle Neighborhoods: Queen Anne Hill -- Thumbnail History. HistoryLink. Retrieved March 5, 2011.


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