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Did you know... that 47,000 bodies from Lafayette Cemetery in Philadelphia were reinterred to allow for the construction of a playground?
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... that 47,000 bodies were reinterred from Lafayette Cemetery in Philadelphia to allow for the construction of a playground? Source: "After operating for more than 100 years Lafayette Cemetery, bounded by Federal, Wharton, 9th and 10th Streets, was in disrepair and condemned by the city (along with Franklin Cemetery in Kensington) in the 1940s to make way for a playground." Ashley Hahn, Philadelphia Inquirer, "Where the dead once lay, Philly kids now play", Aug. 7, 2013.
ALT1:... that the former location of Lafayette Cemetery is used today by the city of Philadelphia for the Capitolo Playground? Source: "After operating for more than 100 years Lafayette Cemetery, bounded by Federal, Wharton, 9th and 10th Streets, was in disrepair and condemned by the city (along with Franklin Cemetery in Kensington) in the 1940s to make way for a playground. Federal Playground (later Capitolo Playground) was part of a multi-million dollar effort to build playgrounds citywide." Ashley Hahn, Philadelphia Inquirer, "Where the dead once lay, Philly kids now play", Aug. 7, 2013.
ALT2:... that the location of the reburial of 47,000 bodies from Lafayette Cemetery in Philadelphia in 1946 was not known until 1988 when the mass grave was accidently discovered by construction workers? Source: "The discovery of two unidentified burial vaults in a Bucks County cemetery has led to the question of what happened to 47,000 people, some dead a century or more, buried there in unmarked graves. The missing remains were transferred to Lafayette Cemetery in 1946 from a century-old graveyard by the same name in south Philadelphia" AP News, "Mystery of 47,000 Unmarked Graves in Bensalem Cemetery", September 23, 1988.
Interesting article. I prefer the first hook, but all three are up to par. Kyuko (talk) 11:48, 3 May 2021 (UTC)