Cypress Hills National Cemetery

Private Roberts from Tennessee, Captured 4 Times

This week I led a pre-Memorial Day tour to Cypress Hills National Cemetery. It was the first time I had ever visited the gravesite of Private William D. Roberts, Confederate soldier, in Grave 3254. I’ve written in the past about the 500 […]

Kevin FitzpatrickMay 25, 2018May 25, 2018

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May 22 Tour of Cypress Hills National Cemetery

The only National Cemetery in New York City is in Brooklyn. Visit the beautiful and historic Cypress Hills National Cemetery, the final resting place for 21,000 veterans and dependents from the American Revolution to the Vietnam War. The cemetery was opened in […]

Kevin FitzpatrickMay 7, 2018August 4, 2021

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November 5 Walk and Talk in Brooklyn-Queens

On November 5 I am going to have a double-feature day: At 10:00 AM take a cemetery walking tour in Cypress Hills, Brooklyn. Followed by a 2:00 p.m. book talk about World War I New York: A Guide the City’s Enduring Ties […]

Kevin FitzpatrickOctober 25, 2017

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The 500 Confederates Buried in Brooklyn and the Bronx

I have paid my respects to the Confederate soldiers buried in Brooklyn. Oh, you didn’t know that more than 500 war dead who served in the Confederate States of America are interred there? There are more Confederate graves in New York City […]

Kevin FitzpatrickAugust 17, 2017

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Cypress Hills National Cemetery is a place that I’ve spent many hours visiting, researching, and giving walking tours. With the centennial of World War I coming up, I’m doing more at the landmark burial ground on the Brooklyn-Queens border. I had a […]

Kevin FitzpatrickFebruary 22, 2017

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Private Roberts from Tennessee, Captured 4 Times

May 22 Tour of Cypress Hills National Cemetery

November 5 Walk and Talk in Brooklyn-Queens

The 500 Confederates Buried in Brooklyn and the Bronx

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