Mount Moor African-American Cemetery

{{Short description|Historic cemetery in Rockland County, New York, US}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=February 2025}}

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| name = Mount Moor African-American Cemetery

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| image = WestNyackNY MountMoorCemetery 01.jpg

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| location = Dexter Rd., off NY 54A, Clarkstown, New York

| coordinates = {{coord|41|05|47|N|73|57|31|W|source:GNIS|display=inline,title}}

| locmapin = New York#USA

| built = 1849

| architecture =

| added = August 29, 1994

| area = {{convert|3|acre}}

| refnum = 94001001{{NRISref|2009a}}

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Mount Moor African-American Cemetery, also known as Mount Moor Cemetery, is a historic African American cemetery located at Palisades Center, West Nyack in Rockland County, New York. It was established in 1849 and contains approximately 90 known graves including veterans of the Civil War, Spanish-American War and World War I.{{cite web|url=http://www.oprhp.state.ny.us/hpimaging/hp_view.asp?GroupView=7887|title=National Register of Historic Places Registration: Mount Moor African-American Cemetery|date= May 1994|access-date=2010-05-28 |author=John A. Bonafide|publisher=New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation}} See also: {{cite web|url=http://www.oprhp.state.ny.us/hpimaging/hp_view.asp?GroupView=7894|title=Accompanying 11 photos}}{{Cite web |last=Lewis |first=Zen |date=2017-03-12 |title=Mount Moor Cemetery |url=https://aahsmuseum.org/dt_portfolios/mount-moor-cemetary/ |access-date=2022-04-23 |language=en-US}} Among the notable burials are Lafayette Logan, a Buffalo Soldier who fought with the 54th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment and several members of the 26th United States Colored Infantry Regiment.{{Cite news |last=Lieberman |first=Steve |date=2018-05-23 |title=West Nyack: Black Civil War soldier's headstone desecrated |language=en-US |url=https://www.lohud.com/story/news/local/rockland/2018/05/23/mount-moor-grave-desecrated-cemetery-african-american-soldiers/636063002/ |access-date=2022-04-23}}{{Cite news |last=Berger |first=Tia |date=2018-05-28 |title=Community Activists Outraged at the Defiling of a Black Civil War Soldier's Grave |language=en-US |work=The Atlanta Black Star |url=https://atlantablackstar.com/2018/05/28/community-activists-outraged-at-the-defiling-of-a-black-civil-war-soldiers-grave/ |access-date=2022-04-23}}{{Cite news |date=1996-08-21 |title=Focusing on the contributions of African-American veterans |pages=12 |work=The Journal News |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/5671149/focusing-on-the-contributions-of/ |access-date=2022-04-23}}

According to the cemetery's records, Mount Moor dates to July 7, 1849 when James and Jane Benson deeded the land to William H. Moore, Stephen Samuels, and Issac Williams who were affiliated with what was known as the “Burying Ground for Colored People.” It expanded to incorporate a southern section in 1855 and was officially dedicated on May 1, 1965.{{Cite news |last=Kahn |first=Kathy |date=2021-06-02 |title=Historic Cemetery Being Restored |language=en-US |url=https://www.rocklandtimes.com/2021/06/02/historic-cemetery-being-restored/ |access-date=2022-04-23}} It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1994 and restored in 2021. It is now surrounded by the Palisades Center shopping mall and its parking lots.