Holy Sepulchre Cemetery is a Catholic

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 cemetery

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 in the U.S. state

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 of Pennsylvania

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. It is a cemetery of the Archdiocese of Philadelphia

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. Located at 4001 West Cheltenham Avenue, it abuts the county line separating Cheltenham Township

Cheltenham Township, Pennsylvania

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, Montgomery County

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 from Northwest Philadelphia

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. It has a Chestnut Hill

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 mailing address (PO Box 27544, Philadelphia, PA 19118-0452), although the cemetery grounds are on the Montgomery County side of the boundary, in Cheltenham Township.

Cemetery grounds

Visitors are greeted by rolling manicured lawns, a large entrance gate, winding roads, many large vaults, and abundant statuary.

Notable people buried here

• Michael Crescenz
  Michael Crescenz
  Michael Joseph Crescenz was a United States Army Corporal during the Vietnam War who posthumously received the Medal of Honor for his actions near the Hiep Duc village of Vietnam on November 20, 1968....
  
  , Congressional Medal Of Honor Recipient (Vietnam)
• Bill Hallman (1867-1920), Major League Baseball player
• Connie Mack
  Connie Mack (baseball)
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  , Hall of Fame baseball player and manager
• John J. McVeigh
  John J. McVeigh
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  , Medal of Honor
  Medal of Honor
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   recipient (World War II
  World War II
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  )
• David Reilly, lead singer of the band God Lives Underwater
• Frank Rizzo, Sr.
  Frank Rizzo
  Francis Lazarro "Frank" Rizzo, Sr. was an American police officer and politician. He served two terms as mayor of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, from January 1972 to January 1980; he was Police Commissioner for four years prior to that.-Police Commissioner:Rizzo joined the Philadelphia Police...
  
  , mayor of Philadelphia