Longwood Cemetery
Also known as Longwood Friends Cemetery , Longwood Progressive Friends Cemetery
Kennett Square, Chester County, Pennsylvania, USA
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Kennett Square, Pennsylvania 19348 United StatesCoordinates: 39.86805, -75.67288 - longwoodcemetery.org/
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The cemetery was chartered by the Longwood Progressive Meeting of Friends in 1855. In their efforts to be more active in the reforms of the day, including the anti-slavery movement, these Quakers held the Pennsylvania Yearly Meeting of Progressive Friends from 1853 to 1940. Joseph A. Dugdale led the founding of the cemetery and embedded progressive ideals into its operations.
In accordance with the founding Quakers' philosophy, the cemetery's bylaws allowed no distinction on account of color or condition in its burial plot assignments. Many of the families who lived and worked at Longwood Gardens since 1906 have chosen the Longwood Cemetery as a final resting place. In 2018, Longwood Gardens acquired the property from the volunteer-run cemetery board and today it is operated under their stewardship.
The cemetery was chartered by the Longwood Progressive Meeting of Friends in 1855. In their efforts to be more active in the reforms of the day, including the anti-slavery movement, these Quakers held the Pennsylvania Yearly Meeting of Progressive Friends from 1853 to 1940. Joseph A. Dugdale led the founding of the cemetery and embedded progressive ideals into its operations.
In accordance with the founding Quakers' philosophy, the cemetery's bylaws allowed no distinction on account of color or condition in its burial plot assignments. Many of the families who lived and worked at Longwood Gardens since 1906 have chosen the Longwood Cemetery as a final resting place. In 2018, Longwood Gardens acquired the property from the volunteer-run cemetery board and today it is operated under their stewardship.
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- Total memorials3k+
- Percent photographed95%
- Percent with GPS24%
- Added: 4 Dec 2001
- Find a Grave Cemetery ID: 958574
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