A fact from West Farms Soldiers Cemetery appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 4 September 2022 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:
This article is within the scope of WikiProject Cemeteries, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of Cemeteries on Wikipedia. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the discussion and see a list of open tasks.CemeteriesWikipedia:WikiProject CemeteriesTemplate:WikiProject CemeteriesCemeteries articles
This article is within the scope of WikiProject New York City, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of New York City-related articles on Wikipedia. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the discussion and see a list of open tasks.New York CityWikipedia:WikiProject New York CityTemplate:WikiProject New York CityNew York City articles
... That The First Presbyterian Church of West Farms maintained one graveyard for their members and another one for "strangers and black slaves"
... That The Journal of the Presbyterian Historical Society questioned the need for a church to serve "a rapidly growing population, largely of the class for which institutional effort is effective"
The following is an archived discussion of the DYK nomination of the article below. Please do not modify this page. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as this nomination's talk page, the article's talk page or Wikipedia talk:Did you know), unless there is consensus to re-open the discussion at this page. No further edits should be made to this page.
... that the soldier guarding the West Farms Soldiers Cemetery went missing for six years? Source: "Old West Farms Cemetery" (PDF). New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission.
ALT1 ... that the First Presbyterian Church of West Farms maintained one graveyard for their members and another one for "strangers and black slaves"? Source: French, Mary (2020-01-31). "West Farms Soldier Cemetery". New York City Cemetery Project.
ALT2 ... that US veterans from four wars are buried in the West Farms Soldiers Cemetery? Source: "Old West Farms Cemetery" (PDF). New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission.