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 ...

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.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Henry, a Bernese Mountain Dog and Poodle mix, was anxious to check out the snow at Holy Rood Cemetery in Glover Park in Northwest ...

Grace Bateman sits on a bench overlooking the curving wall of a new columbarium at Holy Rood Cemetery in Glover Park. A parishioner at Holy Trinity, Grace helped revive the dilapidated graveyard.

The graves of more than 800 U.S. military veterans will be adorned with holiday wreaths on Saturday at historic Holy Rood Cemetery in Morris Township, part of a national movement that continues to ...

Catholic parishioners commemorated one of their holiest days of the year with a mini-pilgrimage in Westbury on Friday. Well over 100 people attended the annual Stations of the Cross prayer service, ...