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Pre-Revolutionary Cemetery Found

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Back in March, while building an expansion onto Carolinas Medical Center-Mercy, construction crews unearthed a pre-Revolutionary cemetery. The hospital called in archaeologists to excavate the thirteen graves of some of Charlotte's first colonial settlers. WFAE's Lisa Miller spoke with archaeologist Matt Matternes about the graves' significance.