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Categories: Visitor attractions in Queens > Buildings and structures in Queens > Burials at Flushing Cemetery > Cemeteries in New York City

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Flushing Cemetery
The 9/11 Memorial at Flushing Cemetery.
Year established:	1853^[1]
Country:	United Sates
Location:	Flushing, New York
Coordinates:	40°45′6″N 73°47′58″W / 40.75167°N 73.79944°W / 40.75167; -73.79944Coordinates: 40°45′6″N 73°47′58″W / 40.75167°N 73.79944°W / 40.75167; -73.79944
Find A Grave:	Flushing Cemetery
The Political Graveyard:	Flushing Cemetery

Flushing Cemetery is a cemetery in Flushing in the borough of Queens in New York City, New York.

The cemetery is the final resting place for:

Louis Armstrong, renowned musician and singer
Bernard Baruch, financier, after whom Baruch College is named
Eugene Bullard, the first Black military pilot
Ellis Parker Butler, author noted for the story Pigs is Pigs
Dr. Adam Clayton Powell, Sr.
Dizzy Gillespie, jazz trumpet legend
Hermann Grab, Bohemian writer
Thomas Birdsall Jackson, United States Congressman
Lemuel E. Quigg, United States Representative from New York
May Robson, actress
Vincent Sardi, Sr., founder of the famous Sardi's restaurant.
Hazel Scott, musician

References

^ "Flushing Cemetery". Forgotten NY. http://www.forgotten-ny.com/CEMETERIES/flushcem/flushing.html. Retrieved 2008-05-28.

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Categories: New York City geography stubs | Cemeteries in New York City | Queens, New York City | Burials at Flushing Cemetery

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