mount hope

 

Did you think I'd visit a city and not go to the cemetery?  Unfortunately, we arrived at Mount Hope at 4:51 p.m. and the gates closed at 5:00 p.m.  We really didn't want to be locked in over a cold, wintry night.  However, the quick drive-through was tantalizing and we needed more time. Mount Hope was established in 1838 as the first municipal rural cemetery in the U.S. Situated on 196 acres. the cemetery is the resting place of over 350,000 people.  It is one of the most remarkable Victorian cemeteries in America with thousands of marble, bronze, and granite monuments.  Susan B. Anthony is buried there but we only had nine minutes not an eternity to explore.

 

Mount Hope Cemetery

Rochester, New York