In a small, quiet, island-like section in the Cemetery of the Holy Rood in Westbury, a black monolith with more than 520 engraved names stands in front of a Japanese maple tree. A replica of ...

Fallen tombstones at Holy Rood reflect the oft-overlooked cemetery’s long history, which in recent years has been marked by neglect. Holy Rood Cemetery has all the looks of a haunted graveyard.

[email protected] Dec 8, 2013 Dec 8, 2013 NORTH ANDOVER — Up until recently, Holy Sepulcher Cemetery only had 12 spaces available for burial on its 15 acres of land on Waverly Road. That all ...

Holy Rood Cemetery, which was one of the nation’s largest burial places for enslaved black people, is undergoing extensive renovations to restore its historic grounds. FILE PHOTO: MICHELLE CASSIDY/THE ...