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Rare white bronze grave markers found in a 177-year-old cemetery

In this 177-year-old church cemetery, we found some of the rarest grave markers you’ll ever see — cast metal “white bronze” headstones dating to 1887. Ordered by railroad and built to last, these ...
Sidestep: Adventures Into History on MSN

Here's why they hid this slave cemetery behind the church fence

While exploring an old church cemetery, we discovered a forgotten African American burial ground hidden in the woods just beyond the fence. Many of the graves are marked only by fieldstones, metal ...