Mount Moriah is a ghost of a graveyard. The final resting place of Betsy Ross and more than 80,000 others, this cemetery is tucked between Philadelphia and Yeadon like a forgotten Victorian bookmark.

Philadelphia's Mount Moriah Cemetery has been officially closed and abandoned since 2011, its 380 acres now overgrown, the over 85,000 graves consumed by an encroaching forest. Incorporated in ...

For now, you can use Philadelphia’s latest piece of Greenway to connect to Cobbs Creek and one of Philadelphia’s oldest garden cemeteries, Mount Moriah. Leaving Bartram’s Garden, follow this ...

For more than five years, a group of volunteers and preservationists has been slowly bringing the historic Mount Moriah Cemetery in Southwest Philadelphia back from oblivion. Established in 1855, the ...

Mount Moriah Cemetery is divided by Cobbs Creek Parkway. One side borders Yeadon, the other Philadelphia. It is approximately 200 acres. A naval plot where more than 2,400 Navy and Marine soldiers ...

The Mount Moriah Cemetery on Kingsessing Avenue in southwest Philadelphia was established in 1855. Originally a 54-acre parcel along Cobbs Creek, the cemetery later grew to 380 acres and ...

Friends of Mount Moriah Cemetery, Greater Philadelphia Cares, Global Citizen and Philadelphia volunteers are working to restore the cemetery back to the beautiful memorial that it once was.

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 ...

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 ...

Mount Mariah cemetery, established in 1855, is nearly 400 acres and is located in southwest Philadelphia and in Yeadon, Delaware County. A large portion is overgrown with vegetation and littered ...

Sprawled across almost 400 acres of land, encompassing the Borough of Yeadon and along Philadelphia’s neighboring Cobbs Creek, sits the historic Mount Moriah Cemetery. Incorporated in 1855, the ...

Paulette Rhone's husband was buried at Mount Moriah in 1993. She saw the lack of care over the years and joined the Friends of Mount Moriah Cemetery Association. She now serves as president.