The Circus Tent Grave Marker: Mass Grave of Circus Train Wreck Victims. On November 22, 1915, tragedy struck 6.5 miles east of Columbus when the Con. T. Kennedy circus train collided head-on with a passenger train. While the metal passenger cars held firm, the wooden circus cars crumpled, caught fire, and tragically claimed the lives of most of the animals and 15-24 circus workers. This unique tombstone, shaped like a tent, stands as a haunting memorial over mixed ashes from the wreck. A strange

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In Chemmani, northern Sri Lanka, a mass grave uncovered earlier this year is forcing a nation to confront the darkest chapters of its past. More than 200 skeletons, some of them children, have been exhumed near a former war zone, reviving the anguish of Tamil families who have spent decades searching for loved ones who disappeared during the country’s civil war. CNN’s Hanako Montgomery has more. | CNN

15K views · 190 reactions | HISTORICAL FIND: Researchers believe they have uncovered the remains of as many as 12 Hessian soldiers who fought during the Revolutionary War buried in a mass grave in Gloucester County. MORE: https://bit.ly/3SjHMsF | News 12 New Jersey | Facebook

250K views · 4.2K reactions | Attempting to locate a Civil War era well used as a mass grave in Hagerstown, MD. We are using our Ground Penetrating Radar, aka GPR, to find these soldiers reported to be in this well. We will provide more updates as we work on this project. | History Seekers | Facebook