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Article: Howard County Developers Accused of Bulldozing Graveyards
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- The Washington Post
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- September 30, 1988
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In fast-growing Howard County, some residents say, the living are
crowding out the dead.
Century-old graves-some of them the final resting place for
slaves, others for founders of the county-have been uprooted by
housing and commercial development, say homeowners, preservationists
and graveyard buffs.
"Once they're gone, they're gone," lamented Clyde Pyers, chairman
of the Cemetery Committee of the Howard County Genealogical Society.
More than 100 graves have been lost countywide as development has
accelerated, he said.
So far, the charges of graveyard desecration have not been
confirmed, and developers say they have not disturbed the dead in the
county, where the population has soared ...