Cold Walk up Burial Hill

Recently I had a chance to visit Burial Hill Cemetery in historic Plymouth, Massachusetts. I had first become aware of it through the story of the loss the Brig General Arnold which ran aground off Plymouth Harbor during the Revolutionary War in a bitter snowstorm. Sailors who had lost their lives were buried here and I was curious to find the location of this.

 

 The second (John Carver was first)Governor of Plymouth Colony William Bradford is buried here.

Adjacent to Governor Bradford is his son Major William Bradford who was Plymouth Colony's military commander during King Phillip's War in 1675-76.

The hill was the original location of the first fort of the colony which was also used as a church and meeting house. A replica can be seen at Plimoth Plantation nearby.

Resting place of the sailors lost on the Brig General Arnold off Plymouth Harbor during the Revolutionary War.

 

Burial Hill is listed on the National Register of of Historic Places. Is adjacent School Street., Church Street, and South Russell Street in Plymouth, Massachusetts.