potter's field
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“We played softball next to the potter’s field where he was buried and we would visit him on the holidays, with flowers and prayers,” she said.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 13, 2023
After an autopsy, Joseph was buried for the first time at a potter’s field in the city.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 8, 2022
Four years later, she still leaves flowers at the potter’s field each Memorial Day.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 7, 2021
In an effort to ease the backlog, the medical examiner’s office buried dozens of unclaimed bodies in early April at Hart Island, its potter’s field.
From New York Times ● Dec. 26, 2020
After the potter’s field and Bush Hill cemeteries were full, they took over the public square nearest Bush Hill and began burying paupers there.
From "An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793" by Jim Murphy
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