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Historian uncovers evidence of second mass grave of Irish immigrant railroaders in Pennsylvania who suffered from cholera, violence and xenophobia

When commuters on the R5 SEPTA train that connects suburban Chester County to Philadelphia approach Malvern station, they might spot a square stone monument on the right side in a clearing surrounded ...
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Irish railworkers may be in mass grave uncovered in Pennsylvania

Researchers suspect that terrain recently uncovered in Downingtown, Pennsylvania - not far from Duffy's Cut - is a mass grave of Irish railroad workers who died in the summer of 1832. In August 1832, ...
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Historian uncovers evidence of second mass grave of Irish immigrant railroaders in Pennsylvania who suffered from cholera, violence and xenophobia

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) William E. Watson, Immaculata University (THE CONVERSATION) When commuters on the R5 ...