It's Cherry Blossom season here on the East Coast, and one of the most beautiful places to see the trees in flower is also a cemetery. Cheddar News correspondent Shannon LaNier visited Green-Wood Cemetery in Brooklyn to see them firsthand and learn about the historic graveyard.
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