WESTBOROUGH — Beside Lake Chauncy stood Jon Maynard, who believes this is sacred ground. Maynard's research had led him to this small stretch of shoreline that could include the remains of boys who ...
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Why they trashed this historic cemetery
While exploring a forgotten African American cemetery, Cecil and I discovered something heartbreaking—trash dumped directly ...
In the heart of Gladwyne, nestled amid whispering woods, is Har Hasetim, a cemetery forgotten by time. Tombstones, weathered and worn, bear the names of Jewish generations long past. Nature had ...
Outside a hospital in medieval Germany, people lovingly buried their deceased, sometimes placing “death crowns” in the grave. But as the centuries passed, the cemetery fell into obscurity. It was ...
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We almost fell into an open grave in this forgotten cemetery
In rural Sumter County, Georgia, we explore what remains of an abandoned church cemetery where damaged vaults and broken lids have left graves exposed and filled with water. Among the headstones are ...
The cemetery housed boys who were detained at the House of Reformation and Instruction for Colored Children. Deep in Prince George’s County, Maryland, lies a wooded area that holds a forgotten history ...
In Jacksonville, Florida, a community is uncovering a hidden chapter of its past. Beneath the Emmett Reed Community Center, a park frequented by locals, lies the site of Mount Herman Cemetery, a ...
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – A long-forgotten African American cemetery in Jacksonville, where World War II veterans and descendants of slave families are buried, is finally receiving the honor and ...
Rows of uninscribed stones and depressions mark the graves of 56 long-forgotten people about 400 feet from the site of the new Fork Union firehouse in Fluvanna County. Surveyors were looking at ...
Segregation once extended even beyond death, when white cemeteries were closed to African-Americans. During the time of slavery, slaves were buried near their masters. But with freedom came ...
Paris city hall is offering a rare chance to be buried among some of history's most celebrated artists. Dec. 31 was the ...
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