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The Mysterious Soldier, Andrew Joseph Basso
Andrew J. Basso, N.V.A. Burial GroundsKensico Vaudeville Project #: 6 Name: Andrew Joseph Basso Act: None Born: 16 November 1892, New York City Died: 22 March 1943, New York City There is only one...
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The Kid Acrobat James Bird
James Bird, N.V.A. Burial GroundsKensico Vaudeville Project #: 7 Name: James Bird Act: Acrobat Born: About 1875 Died: 21 August 1935, New York City In 1890 James Bird’s name appeared in the New York...
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Sig Mealey: From the Follies to Babe La Tour’s Bed
Sig Mealey in the National Vaudeville Association burial ground. Kensico Vaudeville Project #: 8 Name: Sig Mealey Act: Acrobat Born: 20 June 1881, possibly Sweden Died: 1951 Sig Mealey was an...
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Rudolph Carpos, the Clown of Vaudeville Days
The N.V.A. burial ground location for clown Rudolph Carpos. Kensico Vaudeville Project #: 10 Name: Rudolph Carpos Act: Clown Born: 9 Sept 1875, Vienna, Austria Died: 4 Nov 1935, New York City There are...
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Cypress Hills National Cemetery Veterans Day Walking Tour
Cypress Hills National CemeteryThe only National Cemetery in New York City is in Brooklyn. Visit the beautiful and historic Cypress Hills National Cemetery, the final resting place for 21,000 veterans...
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Veterans Day Walking Tour at Cypress Hills National Cemetery
Cypress Hills National Cemetery Veterans Day is on Wednesday, Nov. 11, but I am holding a walking tour on Sunday, Nov. 8, Noon, to honor the holiday. Brooklyn’s Cypress Hills National Cemetery is the...
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99 Years Ago First Doughboys Died in WW1
Contemporary news clipping. Today is the Ninety-ninth anniversary of the first American soldiers to be killed in combat in World War I. The three became national heroes and their names were printed in...
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Kensico Vaudeville Project Updates
The N.V.A. graves of Kensico Cemetery. You can’t see the grave markers because they are flat. The Kensico Vaudeville Project was launched in 2015. After a break it will return with updates in...
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A Life Lost Too Soon, Comedian Richy Craig, Jr.
Richy Craig, Jr. gravestone in the N.V.A. plot. Kensico Vaudeville Project #11 Name: Richy W. Craig, Jr. Act: Comedian, Dancer, Singer Born: November 17, 1902, Manhattan Died: November 28, 1933,...
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Charles Clair, English Dramatic Actor
Charles Clair with other spelling of his surname. Kensico Vaudeville Project #12 Name: Charles Clair Act: Actor Born: 2 February 1871, London Died: 12 Oct 1939, Brooklyn Actor Charles Frederick Clair...
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Meuse-Argonne Campaign Guest Blogger
World War I New York: A Guide to the City’s Enduring Ties to the Great WarCypress Hills National Cemetery is a place that I’ve spent many hours visiting, researching, and giving walking tours. With the...
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WWI Princeton Club of New York Casualties Remembered
Princeton Club of New YorkPrinceton lost 151 men in World War I. Whether through wounds, accidents, injuries, sickness or the Influenza Pandemic, the toll was high. Of these 151, twenty-nine were...
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8 More Unmarked Graves of Woodlawn Cemetery
Damaged headstone of artist John Held, Jr. I am really happy my friend Michael Cumella has pushed Woodlawn Cemetery to finally put a gravestone on the final resting place of singer Nora Bayes. The...
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May 22 Tour of Cypress Hills National Cemetery
Cypress Hills National Cemetery The only National Cemetery in New York City is in Brooklyn. Visit the beautiful and historic Cypress Hills National Cemetery, the final resting place for 21,000 veterans...
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Private Roberts from Tennessee, Captured 4 Times
Cypress Hills National CemeteryThis week I led a pre-Memorial Day tour to Cypress Hills National Cemetery. It was the first time I had ever visited the gravesite of Private William D. Roberts,...
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Meuse-Argonne Campaign Guest Blogger
World War I New York: A Guide to the City’s Enduring Ties to the Great WarCypress Hills National Cemetery is a place that I’ve spent many hours visiting, researching, and giving walking tours. With the...
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WWI Princeton Club of New York Casualties Remembered
Princeton Club of New YorkPrinceton lost 151 men in World War I. Whether through wounds, accidents, injuries, sickness or the Influenza Pandemic, the toll was high. Of these 151, twenty-nine were...
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8 More Unmarked Graves of Woodlawn Cemetery
Damaged headstone of artist John Held, Jr. I am really happy my friend Michael Cumella has pushed Woodlawn Cemetery to finally put a gravestone on the final resting place of singer Nora Bayes. The...
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May 22 Tour of Cypress Hills National Cemetery
Cypress Hills National Cemetery The only National Cemetery in New York City is in Brooklyn. Visit the beautiful and historic Cypress Hills National Cemetery, the final resting place for 21,000 veterans...
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Private Roberts from Tennessee, Captured 4 Times
Cypress Hills National CemeteryThis week I led a pre-Memorial Day tour to Cypress Hills National Cemetery. It was the first time I had ever visited the gravesite of Private William D. Roberts,...
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