Reopening graves and interacting with the dead was considered a dangerous act,” but the 900-year-old burial mound was tampered with anyway.

Photo by Kevin O’Connor/VTDigger RUTLAND — As this city’s sole cemetery commissioner and head of the Vermont Old Cemetery Association , Thomas Giffin can tell you all about the long life of ...

October 07, 2024 Gloria Dei Church creates app so visitors can take self-guided tours of its nearly 350-year-old cemetery The program includes maps, photos and information for about 1,000 ...

(AP Photo/Seth Wenig) AP. Advocates in this Hudson River city purchased a residential property covering about half the old cemetery several years ago and now use the house there as a visitor center.

Since its dedication in 1852, Old Gray Cemetery has expanded, acquiring additional land in 1864, 1868, 1879 and 1909. More than 9,000 people are buried there, according to the cemetery's website.

Students working at the site of an African burial ground, backfilling a hole they had dug, in Kingston, N.Y., Monday, Aug. 5, 2024. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig) AP ...

This Saturday, step back in time and get to know some of the long-departed souls who pioneered Corpus Christi at the 15th annual "Voices of South Texas—Old Bayview Cemetery Comes Alive"!

A Centuries-Old Cemetery for People Who Were Enslaved Is Reclaimed in New York KINGSTON, N.Y. (AP) — On a residential block in upstate New York, college students dig and sift backyard dirt as ...

Taylor’s 12-year-old grandson, David Ribar, of Valparaiso, was recruited to be at Old City Cemetery at 7 a.m. Wednesday to help with the cleanup.

A historic cemetery for enslaved people in the New York city of Kingston is being reclaimed as the Pine Street African Burial Ground.