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Historic Vale Cemetery

Historic · Non-sectarian · Serene

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Cemetery Services

Despite more than 33,000 burials over more than a hundred years, Vale Cemetery continues to provide a full range of affordable cremation and burial services to this day.

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Historic Vale Cemetery

The cemetery was more than a burial ground or place of mourning. Visitors would spend the day there, enjoying the natural surroundings, lakes, and finding relief in the hottest months.

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Support Vale

Vale survives financially with your help and welcomes donations of time, money, materials and equipment. Hundreds of people both as individuals and through their affiliation with various Schenectady area organizations have helped Vale Cemetery survive.

Historic Preservation isn’t just about buildings, and preservation success stories don’t happen overnight. They also don’t happen in silos. The Vale Cemetery Association’s efforts to revive and restore the African American Ancestral Burying Ground were successful because of countless volunteer hours, lots of research, community input, and grassroots support.

-- Preserve New York State

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News From Vale

May 20, 2025

Vale receives a new grant

Vale Cemetery Preservation Inc. is honored to be a 2025 recipient of a 2025 Arts & Culture Development grant from ...
May 14, 2025

Volunteer @ Vale!

Vale needs you! We're seeking volunteers to help with a variety of projects this season. If you'd like to join ...
May 14, 2025

Vale on Instragram

Vale Cemetery is now on Instagram.Please follow us @valecemetery ...
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Upcoming Events

May 26, 2025

Memorial Day 2025

Vale Cemetery will observe Memorial Day with a formal ceremony which will include Taps, a flag raising, and the National ...

Jun 05, 2025

The Rural Cemetery

Join guide Scott Haefner for a tour exploring the rural cemetery movement of the mid-19th century.The rural cemetery movement began ...

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Vale Cemetery survives financially only with the assistance of others.

Please consider helping Vale preserve this valuable and unique resource with your donation of time, money andmaterials or by participating in one of our annual fundraisers.

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Vale Cemetery Preservation, Inc. is a 501(c)(3) non-profit and tax-deductible organization.
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