"Eastern Cemetery. Chartered 1868. Declared a National Historic Site January 1974. Here lie the hardy courageous early settlers. The men and women who founded and defended this area who made history in civil life, government, law, the arts, education, religion, in the state and the nation. 3,848 named graves including defenders in the colonial wars. 150 soldiers of the revolution defenders in the war of 1812, the Civil War, and 206 unnamed graves of the early settlers. To them this tablet is dedicated by the Longfellow Garden Club. July 1975."