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The cemetery is open only for visits and is no longer licensed to perform burials or disinterments, according to the Cemetery and Funeral Bureau, the state’s regulatory agency,

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 30, 2025

Health Department streamlined the removal of their remains by issuing a single permit for all the disinterments.

From Washington Post • Sep. 17, 2021

Under normal circumstances, Hart Island averages 1,200 burials a year and between 30 and 40 disinterments.

From Washington Post • Apr. 16, 2020

That cemetery, he said, has seen two disinterments, two exhumations and two reburials in which remains became commingled.

From Washington Times • Jun. 2, 2018

Our most skilful delver into dramatic history, amidst his curious masses of disinterments, has brought up this proclamation.

From Amenities of Literature Consisting of Sketches and Characters of English Literature by Disraeli, Isaac