This is from me trip to Salem Massaachusetts

One of the oldest existing churches in Salem, Massachusetts
The land on which the church is built was donated by Phillip English, a wealthy merchant who had been jailed in the past both for not paying taxes to support the Congregational church and also as an accused witch. Phillip English and his wife, Mary. Both were c...onvicted of witchcraft. Both cheated the hangman by escaping from jail and fleeing to New York. Phillip English returned to Salem and lived another 35 years (his wife was not so fortunate, she died in exile). He was buried in St. Peter’s church yard, one of only three known witch gravesites in America. Read more of the history at www.stpeterssalem.org/history.html

The Salem Witch statue...originally the cable television network TV Land wanted to erect a bronze statue of Elizabeth Montgomery, who played the comic witch "Samantha" in the 1960s series Bewitched. A few special episodes of the series were actually filmed in Salem, and TV Land said that the statue commemorated the 35th anniversary of those episodes.

Old Burying Point or the Charter Street Cemetery is the oldest cemetery in Salem, and the second oldest known cemetery in the country, started in 1637. It is located on Charter St. next to the Witch Trials Memorial and contains many famous individuals such as Jonathan Corwin and John Hawthorne, who were Judges in the S...alem Witch Trials, Samuel Bradstreet who was a Governor of Massachusetts and many more interesting historical figures. There are currently 347 entries for this cemetery.

~Padraig