The Byzantine chapel in the “A” section of the Saints Peter & Paul (St. P&P) parcel in our cemetery was built in the early 1900s. It belongs to St. P&P Byzantine Catholic Church in Braddock, PA. Several parcels of ground were dedicated as burial plots for members of the St. P&P congregation. In the past, the Byzantine …
Several flocks of turkeys forage and roost on our cemetery grounds and the nearby environs. Turkeys are very wary birds and rarely let you get close. In the autumn, however, the “Toms” become a little less wary, preening their tail feathers, displaying their tail fans, and strutting. A few hens usually provide an appreciative audience. …
Please, do not feed the cemetery wildlife, including deer and migratory waterfowl (geese). Feeding the geese can actually harm them. Food handouts may entice them to delay their normal migration and cause them to lose their fear of most things people-related. Lack of fear can cause groups of birds to approach people and congregate …
Our cemetery is home to a variety of wildlife: deer, geese, turkey, ground hogs, hawks, racoons and other small mammals like rabbits and squirrels (not to mention song birds). When you visit, feel free to observe and record wildlife, but please DO NOT FEED the fauna. Some photos follow below. More can be found in …
Buried in Monongahela Cemetery of North Braddock (Division 10, Row 8, Grave 46) is native Pittsburgher Ernest Gooden (b. 1900/02/04; d. 1934/10/19). He played in Negro League Baseball as an infielder during the 1920s (1921-1923). Until July 2023, his grave had remained unmarked since his burial in 1934. The Negro League Memorial Markers project (an …
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Byzantine Chapel — There is a Byzantine Chapel located in Saints Peter and Paul (St. P&P) Section A of our cemetery. This section is one of the ethnic parcels where parishioners from St. P&P Byzantine Catholic Church in Braddock PA are interred. The chapel was built in the early 1900s and belongs to St. P&P …
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The Draped Urn — was a common grave marker/monument throughout the 1800s. There are two draped urns in our cemetery, both located in Section Two near the Dinkey-Wagner mausoleum. The urn harkens back to Greek and Roman times, when it served as a vessel for cremated human remains. Interestingly enough, during the 1800s cremation was …
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Treestones — Stone Tree Trunks Used as Grave Markers There are many unique grave marker styles in our cemetery. Among the more unusual markers are stone monuments carved in the shape of a tree trunk. They often have what appears to be a scroll hanging on the tree. These markers were popular during the last …
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Flags Placed for Memorial Day 2022 Thanks to Rege and the AMVETS of North Braddock volunteers, American flags have been placed on the graves of veterans interred in our cemetery. Flags were placed in the two Veterans Sections (23 and 20V) and on all veteran graves in the remainder of the cemetery.
Repaving of the cemetery’s internal asphalt roadways has been completed. Concrete sections will be repaved later in 2023.