Riverview Cemetery, historic cemetery in Trenton, New Jersey
Riverview Cemetery is a burial ground in Trenton near the Delaware River where people have been laid to rest for hundreds of years. The grounds contain around 45,000 graves with stones dating from the 1800s and earlier, alongside larger monuments from different periods.
The grounds were first used by Quakers as a burial site in the 1670s and officially founded in 1699. In 1858, the New Jersey Legislature passed an act to establish it as a formal community institution.
The cemetery has long been a place where Trenton families visit and remember their loved ones. The variety of grave markers shows how different generations honored their dead, from simple stones to elaborate monuments.
There are no maps or guides available on the grounds, making a visit somewhat of a treasure hunt. Visitors should allow time to walk through the paths and explore the peaceful setting at their own pace.
George McClellan, a Civil War general and former New Jersey governor, has the largest monument with a tall stone column topped by an eagle. The cemetery also holds Washington Roebling, grandson of John Roebling who designed the Brooklyn Bridge, who died in the Titanic sinking.
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