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Mount Zion Cemetery (New York City)
Wikipedia's first sentence called it “jewish cemetery located in the maspeth neighborhood of new york city”. Today it says “large jewish cemetery located in maspeth”.
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The first burial was in 1893, and as of 2015, more than 210,000 individuals had been buried there. It is noted for its memorial to those who died in the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire . Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Memorial Its grounds cover approximately 78 acres, and are divided into hundreds of plots, or gates, by landsmanshaften , synagogues , or families.1
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jewish cemetery located in the maspeth neighborhood of new york city
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large jewish cemetery located in maspeth
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