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Yorktown National Cemetery Walkway, looking east, 1879

A tall flagpole stands on a mound at the end of a gravel walkway, with a bench on the right side. To the left and right of the path, leafy trees shade rows of white headstones.

For the design at Yorktown National Cemetery, graves were arranged in a grid of parallel rows divided into four sections by perpendicular avenues. A circular flagstaff mound at the intersection of the two primary walkways near the center of the cemetery was a focal point for visitors entering from the main gate. The trees, turf, and east-west walkway also focused the views through the cemetery.

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Colonial National Historical Park, Code: COLO
Yorktown National Cemetery, Code: YORK
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Park Historic Structures and Cultural Landscapes Division, Code: HSCL

Colonial National Historical Park, Virginia
Latitude: 37.2880897521973, Longitude: -76.6342163085938

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1879

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