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Green-Wood Cemetery

Season 1 Episode 103 | 26m 46s

Brooklyn’s 478-acre Green-Wood Cemetery is a National Historic Landmark. Host Roberto Mighty and experts explore landscape, glacial ponds and paths containing one of the largest outdoor collections of 19th and 20th-century statuary and mausoleums. Roberto visits the lives of composer Leonard Bernstein; modern artist Jean-Michel Basquiat; and Civil War era Black physician Thomas Joiner-White.

Aired: 10/01/21
Distributed nationally by American Public Television
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Host Roberto Mighty explores the legendary St. Louis Cemetery No. 1, in New Orleans.
Host Roberto Mighty tours Laurel Hill and West Laurel Hill Cemeteries in Philadelphia.
Join Host Roberto Mighty on an exclusive tour of New York’s spectacular Woodlawn Cemetery.
Host Roberto Mighty explores historic Cave Hill Cemetery in Louisville, KY.
Join Host Roberto Mighty at Sleepy Hollow Cemetery, a veritable shrine for book lovers.
Join Host Roberto Mighty at Ohio’s Jewish Cemeteries of Greater Cincinnati.
Host Roberto Mighty visits National Historic Landmark Mount Auburn Cemetery.
Visit London’s Highgate Cemetery and discover the life of author Douglas Adams.
Visit Spring Grove Cemetery and celebrate the lives of Frances Wright and Henry Boyd.
Visit more inspiring historical figures from London, Paris, and the USA.
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Host Roberto Mighty explores the legendary St. Louis Cemetery No. 1, in New Orleans.
Host Roberto Mighty tours Laurel Hill and West Laurel Hill Cemeteries in Philadelphia.
Join Host Roberto Mighty on an exclusive tour of New York’s spectacular Woodlawn Cemetery.
Host Roberto Mighty explores historic Cave Hill Cemetery in Louisville, KY.
Join Host Roberto Mighty at Sleepy Hollow Cemetery, a veritable shrine for book lovers.
Join Host Roberto Mighty at Ohio’s Jewish Cemeteries of Greater Cincinnati.
Host Roberto Mighty visits National Historic Landmark Mount Auburn Cemetery.
Visit London’s Highgate Cemetery and discover the life of author Douglas Adams.
Visit Spring Grove Cemetery and celebrate the lives of Frances Wright and Henry Boyd.
Visit more inspiring historical figures from London, Paris, and the USA.