Bonaventure Cemetery
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Added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2001, Bonaventure Cemetery is one of Savannah's more popular tourist attractions. It is well known for its large oak trees and burial art and architecture (statues, obelisks and mausoleums). Another interesting feature is there is a section where Jewish people are interred; there is also a Jewish Chapel, the only one known to exist in a public cemetery in the state. The cemetery, which was originally part of a large plantation, was also the location where French and Haitian troops, under the command of Count Charles d'Estaing, landed, camped and prepared for a combined American-Franco siege to retake Savannah from the British during the American Revolutionary War in September-October 1779 (the siege and subsequent attack failed).
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Sources
Thompson, Kenneth. "Bonaventure Cemetery." National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. February 2, 2001. http://focus.nps.gov/GetAsset?assetID=9079e469-4e40-42d3-be72-57ab1d923071