Riverside Cemetery (Lewiston, Maine)
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Riverside Cemetery is a cemetery
in Lewiston, Maine
. The 40 acres (16.2 ha) cemetery is located on the bank of the Androscoggin River
which flows through Lewiston. In August 2010, the cemetery was heavily vandalized, with many headstones knocked over and some destroyed.
Cemetery
A cemetery is a place in which dead bodies and cremated remains are buried. The term "cemetery" implies that the land is specifically designated as a burying ground. Cemeteries in the Western world are where the final ceremonies of death are observed...
in Lewiston, Maine
Lewiston, Maine
Lewiston is a city in Androscoggin County in Maine, and the second-largest city in the state. The population was 41,592 at the 2010 census. It is one of two principal cities of and included within the Lewiston-Auburn, Maine metropolitan New England city and town area and the Lewiston-Auburn, Maine...
. The 40 acres (16.2 ha) cemetery is located on the bank of the Androscoggin River
Androscoggin River
The Androscoggin River is a river in the U.S. states of Maine and New Hampshire, in northern New England. It is long and joins the Kennebec River at Merrymeeting Bay in Maine before its water empties into the Gulf of Maine on the Atlantic Ocean. Its drainage basin is in area...
which flows through Lewiston. In August 2010, the cemetery was heavily vandalized, with many headstones knocked over and some destroyed.