Talk:West Farms Soldiers Cemetery

A fact from West Farms Soldiers Cemetery appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 4 September 2022 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that the soldier guarding the West Farms Soldiers Cemetery went missing for six years?

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Ideas for DYK hooks

... That The First Presbyterian Church of West Farms maintained one graveyard for their members and another one for "strangers and black slaves"

... That The Journal of the Presbyterian Historical Society questioned the need for a church to serve "a rapidly growing population, largely of the class for which institutional effort is effective"

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The result was: promoted by Kavyansh.Singh (talk) 07:22, 3 September 2022 (UTC)Reply

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... that the soldier guarding the West Farms Soldiers Cemetery went missing for six years? Source: "Old West Farms Cemetery" (PDF). New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission.
ALT1 ... that the First Presbyterian Church of West Farms maintained one graveyard for their members and another one for "strangers and black slaves"? Source: French, Mary (2020-01-31). "West Farms Soldier Cemetery". New York City Cemetery Project.
ALT2 ... that US veterans from four wars are buried in the West Farms Soldiers Cemetery? Source: "Old West Farms Cemetery" (PDF). New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission.
- Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/The Shaggs

Created by RoySmith (talk). Self-nominated at 15:14, 24 August 2022 (UTC).Reply

General: Article is new enough and long enough
New enough: Long enough:

Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
Adequate sourcing: Neutral: Free of copyright violations, plagiarism, and close paraphrasing:

Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
Cited: Interesting:

QPQ: Done.

Overall:

Epicgenius (talk) 12:54, 31 August 2022 (UTC)Reply

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