Talk:Forest Hills Cemetery

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Incorrect Latitude/Longitude?[edit]

I think the lat/long is wrong for this article. I was searching Google Maps and came across this "place" — which is the actual cemetery. --65.96.205.54 (talk) 06:26, 21 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

notable burials[edit]

According to the article on Isaac Newton Lewis he is buried at the military academy at West Point. PurpleChez (talk) 14:39, 20 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Dates[edit]

Multiply vague: ▪ The text says Forest Hills was established in 1848. What mean established? What event occurred? A paper was signed? By Roxbury's town leaders? By the governor, approving a state charter? Or, the first shovelful of earth was turned? ▪ The inset says built in 1848. What mean built? Building began in 1848? Was completed in 1848? Both? ▪ The text says established, but the inset says built, in 1848. Which is it? If both, so state. If not, delete whichever is wrong. ▪ Putting all that aside, when was its first interment? ▪ The 1st sentence says Forest Hills was established in 1848, comma, but was privatized when Roxbury... yadda yadda. Don't state two discrete events of history in a single sentence. That level of writing literally doesn't rule out that it was both established and privatized in 1848. ▪ That's enough for now. I'm going on break.

Jimlue (talk) 08:03, 28 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

I don't see an issue with the first part. For 1848, the history section says specifically: On March 28, 1848, Roxbury City Council (the municipal board in charge of the area at that time) gave an order for the purchase of the farms of the Seaverns family to establish a rural municipal park cemetery. The lead summarizes this as "established in 1848" and the infobox is mostly set up for buildings, so it uses the term "built". These words mean the same in this context. The article body does not mention anything about the privatization, which is a concern, so I've found a source and added that. I had added the wikilink for interment for you as well. Grk1011 (talk) 13:49, 28 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]