Close the the Boston Commons, the Granary Burying Ground is one of the most famous and oldest cemeteries in the country. Founded in 1660, it is known to approximately hold 2,345 bodies even though it is estimated that 5,000 people are actually buried here.  It provides the final resting place for the Nations most famous human Revolutionary War figures such as Samual Adams, Peter Faneuil, John Hancock, James Otis, Robert Treat Paine, and Paul Revere. Victims of the Boston Mascare are also buried here. The mascare victims are the following:

• Samuel Gray
• Samuel Maverick
• John Caldwell
• Crispus Attucks
• Patrick Carr

In the middle of the cemetery, there is a large obelisk bearing the name of Franklin. This obelisk marks the grave of Benjamin Franklin's parents.

From the city of Bostons official Website:

"....The grave markers are predominantly slate, with a few in greenstone or marble. The gravestones original haphazard configuration was rearranged into straighter rows over to the years to accommodate both nineteenth-century aesthetics and the modern lawnmower. During the mid-nineteenth century, many landscaping projects were undertaken in the Granary, including the installation of pedestrian walkways and the planting of shade trees and shrubbery....."

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