Lost In The Shuffle: Finding Philly’s Displaced Soldiers
In honor of Memorial Day, Mickey Herr tracks the reinterred remains of soldiers who fought in the American Revolution and Civil War from Washington Square to Palumbo Recreation Center to Old Swedes' Church in South Philly > more
Prefab Future For Former African-American Cemetery In West Philly
Harry K. unearths an old African-American cemetery in West Philadelphia that was owned by a church connected to the Underground Railroad. The land is currently being redeveloped for residential construction > more
Gardeners Bring Cradle Graves Back From The Dead
At Woodlands Cemetery, an army of volunteers preserve the memory of Victorian city dwellers with the Grave Gardeners program. Contributor Ann de Forest has the story > more
Spiritual Firebrand Of The Revolutionary War Immortalized In Wood
A forgotten minister is honored with 100 year old stump sculpture at Old Pine Street Presbyterian Church > more
The Tombstone Wall Of Society Hill
With October at hand and Halloween on the way, we thought a series on historic cemeteries was most appropriate. Our first story presents the strange tale of thirty tombstones that sit embedded in the back wall of the Presbyterian Historical Society > more
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