Bethel Burying Ground Project

MEDIA ARTICLES CONCERNING BETHEL BURYING GROUND

Complied by Sheila Jones

Archaeological survey of unmarked Mother Bethel cemetery begins this week, May 21, 2013

http://articles.philly.com/2013-05-21/news/39395673_1_mother-bethel-burial-ground-bishop-richard-allen

Future Of Queen Village Playground Includes Look At Buried Black History, July 18, 2013

http://philadelphia.cbslocal.com/2013/07/18/future-of-queen-village-playground-includes-look-at-buried-black-history/

Old Mother Bethel grave site could hold thousands, July 26, 2013

http://articles.philly.com/2013-07-26/news/40795738_1_mother-bethel-church-weccacoe-playground-burial

Thousands Buried Beneath Philly Playground, July 28, 2013

http://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local/Thousands-Buried-Beneath-Philly-Playground-Mother-Bethel-217078301.html

Philadelphia Playground Site of 3000 African American Graves Archaeologists Find, July 29, 2013

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/07/29/philadelphia-playground-african-american-graves_n_3671749.html

How 3000 Desecrated Black Graves Were Found and Saved in South Philly, July 29, 2013

http://www.phillymag.com/news/2013/07/29/3000-black-graves/

Weccacoe Playground preserves history, August 1, 2013

http://www.southphillyreview.com/news/cover-story/Weccacoe-Playground-preserves-history-217922491.html

New group to challenge Mother Bethel graveyard plan, December 7, 2013

http://articles.philly.com/2013-12-07/news/44868980_1_playground-public-meeting-sixth-and-lombard-streets

City urged not to disturb Mother Bethel burial ground, December 10, 2013

http://articles.philly.com/2013-12-10/news/44993526_1_mother-bethel-weccacoe-playground-burial-ground

The Bones Beneath Us, February 17, 2014

http://thecemeterytraveler.blogspot.com/2014/02/the-bones-beneath-us.html

Renovation of playground over cemetery is halted, March 1, 2014

http://articles.philly.com/2014-03-01/news/47778068_1_weccacoe-playground-mother-bethel-terry-buckalew

Inadequate maintenance may threaten Bethel burial ground, March 3, 2014

http://articles.philly.com/2014-03-03/news/47828208_1_burial-ground-sarah-bass-allen-weccacoe-playground

Rally Held to Support Preservation of Black Cemetery, March 3, 2014

http://www.phillytrib.com/newsarticles/rally-held-to-support-preservation-of-black-cemetery.html

Marchers honor remains of Africans underneath playground, October 22, 2014

http://www.phillytrib.com/metros/article_107b13a4-35ea-589d-8fc8-78ea0fd18906.html?mode=jqm