Milton Town Cemetery

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Milton Cemetery is a historic cemetery at 211 Centre Street in Milton, Massachusetts. Established in 1672, it is the town's only municipal burying ground. There are three distinct sections to its 102acre grounds: the original burying ground, a tract of 3acre which was in use between 1672 and 1854, a "new" section, laid out in 1854 in the rural cemetery style which was fashionable in the 19th century, and a "modern" section, established in 1945.It was founded in 1672 and added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2004. Among those interred in the cemetery are: Dennis Miller Bunker, American Impressionist Painter James A. Burke, United States Representative from Massachusetts Elbie Fletcher, Major League Baseball player Edward A. Gisburne, United States Navy sailor and Medal of Honor recipient Nathaniel Carl Goodwin, actor and vaudevillian Howard Deering Johnson, businessman and founder of the Howard Johnson's restaurant and hotel chain Wendell Phillips, abolitionist, advocate for Native Americans, and orator Steve Trapilo, player in the National Football League Paul H. Weinert, United States Army soldier and Medal of Honor recipient