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The Gate of Heaven Cemetery, approximately 25 miles north of New York City
New York City

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, was established in 1917 at 10 West Stevens Ave. in Hawthorne
Hawthorne, New York

Hawthorne is an unincorporated Political subdivisions of New York State#Hamlet and Political subdivisions of New York State#Census-designated place located in the Political subdivisions of New York State#Town of Mount Pleasant, New York in Westchester County, New York....
, Westchester County, New York
New York

The State of New York is a U.S. state in the Mid-Atlantic States and Northeastern United States regions of the United States and is the nation's List of U.S....
, United States, as a Roman Catholic burial site. Among its famous residents is baseball immortal Babe Ruth
Babe Ruth

George Herman Ruth, Jr. , also popularly known as "Babe", "The Bambino", and "The Sultan of Swat", was an United States Major League Baseball baseball player from –....
, whose grave has an epitaph by Francis Cardinal Spellman
Francis Cardinal Spellman

Francis Joseph Cardinal Spellman wasthe ninth bishop and sixth archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New York. He served as Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New York from 1939 until his death, and was named a Cardinal by Pope Pius XII in 1946....
 and is almost always adorned by a large number of baseballs, bats, and caps.








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The Gate of Heaven Cemetery, approximately 25 miles north of New York City
New York City

The City of New York is the List of United States cities by population in the United States, while the New York metropolitan area ranks among the List of urban areas by population....
, was established in 1917 at 10 West Stevens Ave. in Hawthorne
Hawthorne, New York

Hawthorne is an unincorporated Political subdivisions of New York State#Hamlet and Political subdivisions of New York State#Census-designated place located in the Political subdivisions of New York State#Town of Mount Pleasant, New York in Westchester County, New York....
, Westchester County, New York
New York

The State of New York is a U.S. state in the Mid-Atlantic States and Northeastern United States regions of the United States and is the nation's List of U.S....
, United States, as a Roman Catholic burial site. Among its famous residents is baseball immortal Babe Ruth
Babe Ruth

George Herman Ruth, Jr. , also popularly known as "Babe", "The Bambino", and "The Sultan of Swat", was an United States Major League Baseball baseball player from –....
, whose grave has an epitaph by Francis Cardinal Spellman
Francis Cardinal Spellman

Francis Joseph Cardinal Spellman wasthe ninth bishop and sixth archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New York. He served as Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New York from 1939 until his death, and was named a Cardinal by Pope Pius XII in 1946....
 and is almost always adorned by a large number of baseballs, bats, and caps.

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