Sleepy Hollow Cemetery

Sleepy Hollow Cemetery is the resting place of numerous famous figures, including Washington Irving, whose story The Legend of Sleepy Hollow is set in the adjacent Old Dutch Burying Ground. Irving's grave overlooks the setting of his best known story. The cemetery is located in the community formerly known as North Tarrytown, New York, which changed its name in 1997 to Sleepy Hollow, New York. Incorporated in 1849 as Tarrytown Cemetery, it posthumously honored Irving's request that it change its name to Sleepy Hollow Cemetery.

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Famous - Washington Irving - The Legend of Sleepy Hollow - New York - Sleepy Hollow, New York

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This Sleepy Hollow Cemetery should not be confused with another notable cemetery of the same name in Concord, Massachusetts; see: Sleepy Hollow Cemetery, Concord. Nor should it be confused with the adjacent and much older Old Dutch Burying Ground, the church yard of the colonial-era church (ca. 1685) that was a setting for The Legend of Sleepy Hollow.

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Cemetery - Concord, Massachusetts - Sleepy Hollow Cemetery, Concord - The Legend of Sleepy Hollow

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The road on which the fictional Ichabod Crane was pursued by the Headless Horseman runs just west of Sleepy Hollow Cemetery and the Old Dutch Burying Ground. The inspirations for the fictional yet lovely Katrina Van Tassel, and her suitors Ichabod Crane and Brom Bones now lie side by side near the Old Dutch Church. They are joined by others whose real-life stories are part of the village's early history. The Rockefeller estate, whose grounds abut Sleepy Hollow Cemetery, contain the private Rockefeller cemetery.

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Ichabod Crane - Headless Horseman - Katrina Van Tassel

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