![]() I mean, my dad’s buried in exurban Virginia, in what is, comparatively, the middle of nowhere. You’re not merely paying for status, groomed lawns, and good company you’re shelling out for the convenience of interring your loved one at a place easily accessible by public transportation. We’ve toured museums that are less stately.ĭoes that mean it’s worth the cost? Who knows. We went into one of the new mausoleums where cremains are kept and we were impressed. Shipping of cremated remains via registered mail: $49.50 Temporary storage of cremated remains for one month or less: $45.50 (Metallic cases or metal-lined cases are prohibited) Does your cemetery even offer those?Ĭremation is, naturally, the most affordable option:Īdults (includes use of Chapel for service): $446.00*ĭirect Cremation (no service, no family in attendance): $385.00*ĭirect Cremation using Alternative Container (no service, no family in attendance) $344.00*Ĭhildren (10 years or less) (includes use of chapel for service): $294.00*ĭirect Cremation (no service, no family in attendance): $254.00*ĭirect Cremation using Alternative Container (no service, no family in attendance): $227.00* Premium Three Grave Lots and Larger: from $25,000 per grave, plus foundation Premium Two Grave Lots (up to six burials): from $50,000, plus foundation Premium Single Graves (up to three burials): from $19,000, plus foundation Three Grave Lots and Larger: from $15,000 per grave, plus foundation ![]() Two Grave Lots (up to six burials): $30,000 Single Graves (up to three burials): $15,000 ![]() You too can be buried there, among luminaries like Horace Greeley, Henry Ward Beecher, and the guy who founded the ASPCA, whose pyramid-shaped tomb is forever guarded by an array of two-dimensional bronze creatures. What was most surprising to me, though, was that, almost 200 years after it opened, the cemetery continues to serve customers. It wasn’t officially a cemetery yet, of course it was merely high land with a good view of the spot where one day Lady Liberty would stand. And George Washington fought there! In 1776! Before he beat a valiant retreat and, temporarily, let the British take New York. Half a million people have been buried on its almost 500 acres since it opened in the early 19th century, from Civil War infantrymen to corrupt autocrat William “Boss” Tweed, who, in terms of slipping in and out of prison later in life, was basically the Robert Durst of his day. Ben and I celebrated having some time to ourselves on Friday, July 3, by paying a patriotic visit to Green-Wood Cemetery. ![]()
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