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Vale Cemetery and Vale Park
Vale Cemetery is the largest cemetery in Schenectady, New York. It opened on 21 October 1857 when the Rev. Julius Seely dedicated what was then termed "the Vale". It has tripled its size since opening and today it holds the remains of some of the most notable persons in Upstate New York. In 1973, a 35-acre tract of unused and abandoned cemetery land around the ponds of Coehorn Creek was sold to the city of Schenectady to form Vale Park.〔 ''See also:'' 〕
The cemetery and park were listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2004.〔
==History==
By 1850 the old public burying ground on Green and Front streets was being overrun with weeds and was described as being unsanitary.〔(Vale Cemetery web site )(accessed Feb 2007)〕 The Common Council resolved on 2 July 1856 to develop the grounds of the old Hospital Farm on Nott Terrace as a public cemetery. On 16 June 1857, Mayor Benjamin V. S. Vedder appointed a committee to oversee the work.
To provide access from a main street, Dr Eliphalet Nott, the President of Union College donated an avenue from Nott Terrace into the grounds. Later in 1863, two pieces of land were purchased from the college, creating what is now known as Vale Park. The entrance on State Street was a donation from the First Reformed Church in 1867. The cemetery was planned by Burton Thomas〔 as a rural cemetery. It featured many winding paths and he had more than 1,000 trees planted; Cowhorn Creek was dammed to create a lake within the grounds. The cemetery has since expanded and covers approximately 〔 and holds some 33,000 burials.〔(Vale Cemetery famous interments )〕 The cemetery includes the historic African-American Burying Ground. Since 2001, city residents have held annual commemorations of Juneteenth, celebrating emancipation and the end of the American Civil War; particularly since 2006, some have been held at the Burying Ground.〔(Bill Buell, "Simpkins says playing slave helps to educate youngsters" ), ''Daily Gazette'', 2012, accessed 26 December 2014〕
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