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potter's field







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The family lived down the street from the potter’s field where the boy was first buried, and placed flowers there on holidays.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 13, 2023

“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

The videos emerged as the coronavirus outbreak ravaged New York, and after they circulated, officials confirmed what viewers suspected: The city had begun interring unclaimed bodies of Covid-19 victims in the potter’s field.

From New York Times • Apr. 29, 2020

Forget the potter’s field near the Bronx full of freshly dug graves.

From Washington Post • Apr. 10, 2020

One of the worst things that could be said about someone from Harlem was that he was buried in potter’s field.

From "Bad Boy" by Walter Dean Myers