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There’s a party at the graveyard this weekend. Allegheny Cemetery, Pittsburgh’s oldest of its kind, turns 175 this year.The cemetery was established in…
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Pittsburgh's iconic Allegheny Cemetery has commemorated Memorial Day for 150 years.In 1869, four years after the Civil War ended, thousands gathered in…
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The Allegheny Cemetery stretches 300-acres in Lawrenceville, bordered by Butler Street, Stanton Avenue and Mossfield Street. Between the rows of headstones and mausoleums that line the burial ground, many people run into some four-legged visitors.
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Resting on a grassy hilltop on the grounds, the Winter Mausoleum is guarded by twin sphinxes mounted on platforms. The entrance features a set of engraved brass double-doors, flanked by two columns and crowned on the façade by a winged sun.
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Michael Joyce started working at Homewood Cemetery in 1978, cutting grass.“I live real close to here so it was just a summer job,” said Joyce, now the…