Grave may contain bones 57 Irish...

Full story: WPVI-TV Philadelphia

Researchers may have discovered a mass grave for nearly five dozen 19th century Irish immigrants who died of cholera weeks after coming to Pennsylvania to build a railroad .

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Marcia Neil

Evansville, IN

This MUST be the site that ruined the University of Pennsylvania's archaeology reputation decades ago -- they were lolly-gagging around in Egypt at the sandstone pyramids when they should have been excavating this one to prevent disease. Did Pitt, with their sandstone Cathedral of Learning, insist?[in Stuart, FL]

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