Harleigh Cemetery, Camden
- Address: 1640 Haddon Ave
- Vicinity: Vesper Blvd
- Neighborhood of Parkside, Camden in Camden, NJ
Y/M/D | Person | Association | Description | Composition | Food | Event |
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Y/M/D | Person | Association | Description | Composition | Food | Event |
1890/00/00 | Walt Whitman | Architect | Whitman's sepulcher is built to his design on land gifted by the Harleigh Cemetery Association. The $4,000 "plain massive stone temple" with an iron gate was inspired by "Death's Door", an etching by William Blake. | |||
1892/03/30 | Walt Whitman | In Memoriam | Walt Whitman is laid to rest at Harleigh Cemetery in a tomb of his own design. | Death of Walt Whitman | ||
1901/12/20 | George Washington Whitman | In Memoriam | George Washington Whitman dies in Burlington, New Jersey. He is buried in Harleigh Cemetery in Camden, New Jersey. |
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