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Or do visitors go to a cemetery as they would to a park or 

 museum, and make a picnic of their visit? 



The grounds of the cemetery are kept in beautiful condition, 

 and many fine pieces of sculpture, mausoleums, and other 

 mortuary emblems ornament the grounds. Among the names 

 on these we find many that are famous in New York's mercan- 

 tile, commercial, or historic life, and one whose fame extends 

 beyond the confines of city or nation, that of our great, 

 first admiral, who was buried here in 1870, David Glasgow 

 Farragut. 



The monument is of white marble and represents a broken 

 mast with a row of belaying pins near its base. At the foot 

 of the mast are coils of rope, a sword, and various other 

 nautical paraphernalia, as well as symbolic shields. On the 

 western side is inscribed: 



ERECTED 



BY HIS WIFE AND SON 



TO THE MEMORY OF 



DAVID GLASGOW FARRAGUT, 



FIRST ADMIRAL OF THE UNITED STATES NAVY. 



BORN JULY 5, 1 80 1, 



DIED AUGUST 14, 187O. 



Upon the south side is the inscription: 



VIRGINIA D. FARRAGUT, 



WIFE OF 



DAVID GLASGOW FARRAGUT. 



BORN NOVEMBER 24, 1 824, 



DIED OCTOBER 31, 1 884. 



On the east face is an inscription to the wife of Loyall 

 Farragut, the son of the Admiral. 



