Video: Caskets found buried in ground behind Philadelphia elementary school

Site behind William Dicks Elementary was a cemetery more than 60 years ago.

Video from NBC 10 Philadelphia: Workers excavating a playground behind William Dicks Elementary School in Philadelphia have unearthed several caskets, a skull and marble slabs. Officials say the site had been a cemetery until 1950, and the remains buried there were supposed to have been moved to other graveyards.

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