Mayor Turner halts Metro construction until 33 newly discovered graves are re-located

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Mayor Turner halts Metro construction until 33 newly discovered graves are re-located
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Mayor Sylvester Turner says the construction of Lockwood split the cemetery, and all the graves were supposed to have been relocated in the 1960s but 33 apparently were missed.

Mayor Sylvester Turner says the construction of Lockwood split the cemetery, and all the graves were supposed to have been relocated in the 1960s but apparently were missed.A Metro construction project led to a startling discovery in Houston's Fifth Ward, and now Mayor Sylvester Turner is asking crews to stop any progress until these graves are relocated.

"You have slaves who were buried in this cemetery. You have residents of Fifth Ward buried here. You have Buffalo soldiers buried here, veterans from World War I buried here. So, a number of notable individuals are buried here," Mayor Sylvester Turner said.

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