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WEDNESDAY,JUNE 24,1998 MID HUDSON TIMES PAGE 2
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Old town cemetery's hidden treasures
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By DANIEL CASE I r �� ` " '' t ►
If Gerry Sanchez s intuition is correct,there , 1-� .
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could be buried treasure in Old Town Cemetery. tom, - �� � <''°k ,
Not literally, anyway, but in'the form.of a " k - o o 4 '•/t 4 t t• 6. ". ,,,'• f '+ ,S;
very specialized tourist attraction. • '• s' ;:,r.,4' ,....: :4�+ ' {� i ra' y` +r• •d' • 7*iN. ' ; . ,'" u.^t l I. •'•, '
In a presentation to the Historical Society of �1,,.` -; �. � . •�'': ,' ');,(.1',,,' ., -{•,'' ' . :;; :
Newburgh Bay and the Highlands,he demonstrated a ••...,:...4,„„ w;„, t r ;t - 1' 3,
how the tomb of Capt.Henry Robinson is architectur- ,;:-'•:4‘'''. '- .a,'. j + ., , ..,j„ ' „
ally unique. `7 °.'o !44 • :: CV,17".
Architecture somehow begins with tombs," +'',, l .{ ;' ` ; , e�,;
obs I Sanchez who began his career in redevel "''�`
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A change came over Western tomb design in 40.----;.;'"' , "p -t -- - f .l xy
the 18th century,he said. '
Prior to that time period, the dead got a ''4' .g. t :