For more than five years, a group of volunteers and preservationists has been slowly bringing the historic Mount Moriah Cemetery in Southwest Philadelphia back from oblivion. Established in 1855, the ...

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Mount Moriah is a ghost of a graveyard. The final resting place of Betsy Ross and more than 80,000 others, this cemetery is tucked between Philadelphia and Yeadon like a forgotten Victorian bookmark.

PHILADELPHIA (CBS) --- There's a new deal on the horizon for a historic, border-straddling cemetery that took years to fall into disrepair and will likely need years to mount a comeback. It is just ...

Sprawled across almost 400 acres of land, encompassing the Borough of Yeadon and along Philadelphia’s neighboring Cobbs Creek, sits the historic Mount Moriah Cemetery. Incorporated in 1855, the final ...

Michael Simpson described an hour spent at Mount Moriah Cemetery as an "Easter egg hunt" and a "wild goose chase." The Southwest Philadelphia cemetery has been in disarray for decades, with mounds of ...

YEADON >> On the border of Yeadon and Philadelphia, unbeknownst to many, in Mount Moriah Cemetery are the remains of veterans dating back to the Revolutionary War. Some are Medal of Honor recipients.

PHILADELPHIA (CBS) --In April, Mount Moriah Cemetery in Southwest Philadelphia unexpectedly shutdown after years of worsening conditions. In the months since, gravestones were toppled over and weeds ...

“This is outrageous, so much for perpetual care. If my grandmother could come back to life, she’d be on a warpath,” said Wayne Stumpf of Tuckerton. His grandparents and an aunt are buried at Mount ...

For years, Mt. Moriah Cemetery was abandoned. Trees, vines and bushes grew over the graves. The brush hid obelisks from view and roots cracked monuments' stone. Approximately 200 acres - reclaimed by ...