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 ...

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 ...

Mayor Michael Nutter and a group of volunteers were hard at work in Southwest Philadelphia on Saturday. The volunteers began the long process of cleaning up one of Philly’s oldest and largest ...

“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 ...

A 1930s tombstone among the plants. Photo: Allison Meier Atlas Obscura on Slate is a blog about the world's hidden wonders. Like us on Facebook, Tumblr, or follow us on Twitter. Philadelphia's Mount ...

On the edge of Philadelphia, Mount Moriah cemetery sprawls over 380 acres, spreading into Delaware County and sheltering 80,000 thousand graves. But when Paulette Rhone goes there to visit her husband ...

On one recent Sunday afternoon, Mount Moriah Cemetery in Southwest Philadelphia was almost pastoral. Tidy rows of white stones, marking the graves of several hundred Civil War soldiers, gleamed in the ...

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 ...

Paulette Rhone dared the truck to run her over. She watched the white pickup pull through the front gate at Mount Moriah Cemetery, the trunk overflowing with landscape debris. The two drivers were ...

The cemetery dates back to the 19th century. Unlike more exclusive graveyards, such as The Woodlands two miles to its northeast, Mount Moriah welcomed African-Americans, Jews, and people of modest ...