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Construction at South Carolina Military College Unearths Over 50 Unmarked Graves

“Those who actually built Charleston—the enslaved, the immigrants, the workers—lie under buildings, bleachers, and parking lots.”

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Imagine showing up to work in construction and unknowingly uncovering dozens of human remains? Unfortunately for some contract workers in Charleston, South Carolina, this was a reality.

The construction workers made quite the discovery while working on The Citadel’s Johnson Hagood Stadium back in May: a graveyard likely dating back to the 1800s, per the university’s website.

Charleston Construction Project Uncovers Historic Graveyard

According to The Post and Courier, the recent digging revealed over 50 unmarked graves. This isn’t entirely unexpected, however, seeing as the military college’s stadium was built in 1927 on Tower Hill Cemetery, where over 26,000 people were buried. 

In fact, a city ordinance was put in place in 2004 for this very reason, when even more graves (over 300) were uncovered during........

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