For generations, Green-Wood Cemetery has played an integral part in New York City's cultural history, serving as a gathering place and a cultural repository. Situated in the historic borough of Brooklyn, the thousands of graves and mausoleums within the cemetery's 478 acres are tangible links and reminders to key events and people who made New York City and America what it is today. The monuments read like a who's who of American greatness and include the names of Leonard Bernstein, F. A. O. Schwarz, Charles L. Tiffany, Samuel Morse, and DeWitt Clinton, among others. A national historic landmark since 2006, Green-Wood is considered one of the preeminent cemeteries in the country and is a living display of the evolving funeral traditions of the city and America as a whole. The cemetery was and remains one of the city's largest open green spaces and a century ago was a social venue for picnics, outings, and political events. Through vintage photographs, Green-Wood Cemetery chronicles the cemetery's rich history and documents how its tradition as a park and a popular tourist attraction continues, drawing 300,000 visitors annually. Alexandra Kathryn Mosca is also the author of Grave Undertakings (New Horizon Press, 2003) and Gardens of Stone (2016). She is also a frequent contributor to American Funeral Director and American Cemetery Magazines. Her body of work has included profiles of some of America's most well known cemeteries: Green-Wood, Salem Fields, Woodlawn, Calvary and Kensico in NewYork, as well as Oakland Cemetery in Atlanta. Ms. Mosca has also penned feature articles about the funerals of famous Americans: U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, Gov. Mario Cuomo, Joan Rivers and Mayor Edward I. Koch, NewYork City's beloved mayor, to name just a few.Her work has also appeared in Newsday and The New York Daily News.  In addition to being a writer, Ms. Mosca works as a funeral director.  Because of her national reputation as a chronicler of the funeral industry and cemeteries,  Ms. Mosca is often sought after for comments about trends and her unique perspective about death and dying.