Vale Cemetery’s African American Ancestral Burial Ground holds the remains of many storied figures in Schenectady history. Moses Viney, a runaway slave befriended and later freed by Union ...

Consecration of Vale Cemetery, at Schencetady. Share full article. Oct. 22, 1857. Credit... The New York Times Archives. See the article in its original context from October 22, 1857, Page 5 Buy ...

But the 100-acre Vale Cemetery in Schenectady also holds its own historical gems, several of which will be highlighted Sunday in the second narrated tour of the season.

In a few months, the goats and sheep will likely be back grazing at Vale Cemetery amid the graves of congressmen, Civil War veterans and inventors. Last summer, the livestock — 28 sheep and six ...

Sheep and goats from Cobleskill College replace mowing the grass at Historic Vale Cemetery on Tuesday, July 21, 2015 in Schenectady, N.Y. The Natural Burial Area at Vale Cemetery is where ruminant ...