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Diane G. sent me the following e-mail about Prospect Hill Cemetery:

Prospect Hill Cemetery is located on north side of Route 20, on the east side of Guilderland. The entrance is a steep drive way with a sign at the entrance. It may have originally been a family burial ground. The Reformed Dutch Church acquired it in about 1850. Prospect Hill Cemetery was chartered in 1854. There used to be a beautiful Victorian Gateway over the entrance that is no longer there. In the late 19th and early 20th century, the cemetery was a gathering place for both the living and the dead. People went to have picnics and honor the dead. The cemetery also contained a Victorian caretaker's cottage in which Grand Army of the Republic Civil War veterans gathered in before dedication ceremonies in their honor each year on Memorial Day. The cottage was torn down in 1998. Located on the highest point of the Western Turnpike, Prospect Hill Cemetery overlooks Guilderland and is a fitting place for the burial of heroes and heroines of the town's past.

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