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.

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 ...

[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 ...