"To look upon its grass-grown yard, where the sunbeams seem to sleep so quietly, one would think that there at least the dead might rest in peace. On one side of the church extends a wide, woody dell, along which raves a large brook among broken rocks and trunks of fallen trees. Over a deep black part of the stream, not far from the church, was formerly thrown a wooden bridge. The road that lead to it and the bridge itself were thickly shaded by overhanging trees, which cast a gloom about it even in the daytime, but occasioned a fearful darkness at night. This was one of the favorite haunts of the headless horseman and the place he was most frequently encountered." This is the happy way in which Irving describes the place rough about the Sleepy Hollow cemetery in "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow." The burial ground is famous chiefly because of Irving. The great author lies buried

here beneath a simple slab of stone. Hundreds of tourists go each year to see his grave and the place of Crane's adventure. The Sleepy Hollow church is in the cemetery next the road where Ichabod had his last mad ride. Below the church stood the bridge across which old Gunpowder thundered. Still farther southeast, by the road, stands the monument where Andre the spy was arrested by the three Continental soldiers. The whole district is a part of, or near, Tarrytown, New York. Tarrytown today is a place well known for the wealthy people who live in or near it. It is only 25 miles north of the City of New York. In the southern part of Tarrytown is Sunnyside, Irving's home. Read "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow." Who was Andre? How was he connected with Arnold?