10 Parks That Changed America (PBS Program)

This video will help understand the development of so-called "rural" cemeteries in America. The first one was Mount Auburn in Cambridge, Mass. near Boston.  PBS included Mount Auburn (10:58 in) on its list of "10 Parks That Changed America" that first aired in 2016.

Mt. Auburn Cemetery- photo courtesy Popular Science Oct. 23, 2018


The influential U.S. park Top Ten list is as follows: 

• Square of Savannah – Savannah, GA
• Fairmount Park – Philadelphia, PA
• Mt. Auburn Cemetery – Cambridge, MA
• Central Park – New York, NY  
• Chicago’s Neighborhood Parks – Chicago, IL
• San Antonio River Walk – San Antonio, TX
• Overton Park – Memphis, TN
• Freeway Park – Seattle, WA
• Gas Works Park – Seattle, WA 
• High Line – New York, NY