{"id":85,"date":"2018-03-15T12:41:24","date_gmt":"2018-03-15T12:41:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mainedar.org\/rebeccaemery\/?page_id=85"},"modified":"2020-02-19T14:34:15","modified_gmt":"2020-02-19T14:34:15","slug":"old-burying-ground","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.mainedar.org\/rebeccaemery\/old-burying-ground\/","title":{"rendered":"Old Burying Ground"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Located in Biddeford, Maine\n<\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\">\n#foogallery-gallery-498 .fg-image { width: 270px; }\n#foogallery-gallery-498 { --fg-gutter: 10px; }<\/style>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"foogallery foogallery-container foogallery-default foogallery-lightbox-foogallery fg-center fg-default fg-ready fg-light fg-border-thin fg-shadow-medium fg-loading-default fg-loaded-fade-in fg-preset fg-brad fg-preset-small fg-preset fg-brad fg-preset-small\" id=\"foogallery-gallery-498\" data-foogallery=\"{&quot;item&quot;:{&quot;showCaptionTitle&quot;:true,&quot;showCaptionDescription&quot;:true},&quot;lazy&quot;:true}\" data-foogallery-lightbox=\"{&quot;thumbs&quot;:&quot;bottom&quot;,&quot;thumbsCaptions&quot;:false,&quot;thumbsBestFit&quot;:false,&quot;thumbsSmall&quot;:false,&quot;thumbsCaptionsAlign&quot;:&quot;default&quot;,&quot;info&quot;:&quot;bottom&quot;,&quot;infoVisible&quot;:true,&quot;infoOverlay&quot;:true,&quot;infoAlign&quot;:&quot;default&quot;,&quot;transition&quot;:&quot;fade&quot;,&quot;hoverButtons&quot;:false,&quot;fitMedia&quot;:false,&quot;noScrollbars&quot;:true,&quot;preserveButtonSpace&quot;:true,&quot;buttons&quot;:{&quot;fullscreen&quot;:true,&quot;info&quot;:true,&quot;thumbs&quot;:false},&quot;video&quot;:{&quot;autoPlay&quot;:true}}\" style=\"--fg-title-line-clamp: 1; --fg-description-line-clamp: 2;\" >\n\t<div class=\"fg-item fg-type-image fg-idle\"><figure class=\"fg-item-inner\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mainedar.org\/rebeccaemery\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/old-burying-ground-plaque-2-1.jpg\" data-caption-title=\"Old Burying Ground\" data-attachment-id=\"499\" data-type=\"image\" class=\"fg-thumb\"><span class=\"fg-image-wrap\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Old Burying Ground\" width=\"270\" height=\"230\" class=\"skip-lazy fg-image\" data-src-fg=\"https:\/\/www.mainedar.org\/rebeccaemery\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/old-burying-ground-plaque-2-1.jpg\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%22270%22%20height%3D%22230%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20270%20230%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" loading=\"eager\"><\/span><span class=\"fg-image-overlay\"><\/span><\/a><figcaption class=\"fg-caption\"><div class=\"fg-caption-inner\"><div class=\"fg-caption-title\">Old Burying Ground<\/div><\/div><\/figcaption><\/figure><div class=\"fg-loader\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fg-item fg-type-image fg-idle\"><figure class=\"fg-item-inner\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mainedar.org\/rebeccaemery\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/old-burying-ground-plaque-1.jpg\" data-caption-title=\"Plaque at Old Burying Ground\" data-attachment-id=\"500\" data-type=\"image\" class=\"fg-thumb\"><span class=\"fg-image-wrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Plaque at Old Burying Ground\" width=\"270\" height=\"230\" class=\"skip-lazy fg-image\" data-src-fg=\"https:\/\/www.mainedar.org\/rebeccaemery\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/old-burying-ground-plaque-1.jpg\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%22270%22%20height%3D%22230%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20270%20230%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" loading=\"eager\"><\/span><span class=\"fg-image-overlay\"><\/span><\/a><figcaption class=\"fg-caption\"><div class=\"fg-caption-inner\"><div class=\"fg-caption-title\">Plaque at Old Burying Ground<\/div><\/div><\/figcaption><\/figure><div class=\"fg-loader\"><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<p>Today, on the Pool Road by the University of New England parking lot, is the second marker placed by the Rebecca Emery Chapter NSDAR. In 1904, the chapter erected a marker on a boulder in the first city cemetery. It also marks the First Congregational Church (1718-1830).<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">The marker set in the large boulder reads:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">&#8220;TOWN BURYING GROUND<br \/>\n1719 \u2014 1830<br \/>\nA MEETING HOUSE<br \/>\n30 FEET X 35 FEET WAS BUILT BY THE TOWN ON THIS LOT FORMERLY CALLED<br \/>\nHENDERSONS HILL ABOUT 150 FEET EASTERLY FROM THIS POINT.<br \/>\n1719<br \/>\nTHIS MEMORIAL PLACED HERE BY REBECCA EMERY CHAPTER,<br \/>\nDAUTHERS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION<br \/>\n1904&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">There is quite a story connected with the Old Burying Ground. It was a private lot belonging to Benjamin Haley until, in 1719 he exchanged it for a \u201cthatch bed.\u201d Years passed and the city forgot that the Old Burying Ground was theirs. A road was cut through one corner, the fence of the remaining portion was torn down, and the graves desecrated. Children were using the human bones as clubs in their play and one nearby resident was using a broken gravestone as a doorstep. Under the chapter\u2019s influence, the city proved its ownership, fenced the land, and turned it over to Rebecca Emery Chapter NSDAR for good keeping. As of 2012, there were about eight stones left standing, five intact and three broken.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Located in Biddeford, Maine Today, on the Pool Road by the University of New England parking lot, is the second marker placed by the Rebecca Emery Chapter NSDAR. In 1904, the chapter erected a marker on a boulder in the first city cemetery. It also marks the First Congregational Church (1718-1830). 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