Memorial Held For Irish Workers Who Died Building Main Line Railroad In 1832
The team excavating from 2004 to 2012, finally began uncovering
remains, studies indicating the seven workers found had, in fact, been
murdered, shot or beaten to death — most likely by vigilantes fueled by
hatred of immigrants, the Irish,Catholics and fear of their spreading
cholera.
So far the remains of two workers have been identified and they have
been given proper burials at special ceremonies in the country they
left, but would never see again. Five other sets of remains are now at
the memorial in West Laurel Hill Cemetery.
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