Maryland Hospital Reburies Additional Remains from Historic African-American Cemetery It Disrupted; CEO of Hospital Says They ‘Can’t Touch Dirt Without Finding a Remain’
A group of Maryland activists is demanding more safeguards to prevent further displacement and to honor the hundreds of Black bodies buried on the land where a local hospital now stands. The Frederick Health Hospital that purchased grounds once home to an African-American graveyard has reburied the remains of someone it recently found while expanding…