Phila. Officials To Hear Dispute Over Playground That Sits On A Historic Cemetery
About a third of the land that contains the Weccacoe Playground and recreation center, near 4th and Catherine Streets, sits atop the remains of roughly 5,000 African Americans.
The land was once owned by Mother Bethel AME Church, which use it as a burying ground in the early to mid-19th century.
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