Join a tour to learn why this National Historic Landmark is one of the most important burial grounds in the world. Eternal resting place of Benjamin Silliman, Ezra Stiles, Timothy Dwight, for whom residential colleges were named, as well as other Yale and New Haven notables, the cemetery is a site where we can glimpse the varied, complex history of Yale and its hometown, including the stories of Black residents who were essential to building the community and the university.