Unmarked graves found below Walmart parking lot

[@Pyro_Might]

I was made aware of this place by a youtuber named Lamont At Large. This news piece really compliments his coverage.

[@FascinatingGraveyard]

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[@Greeneyedcat99]

I knew a girl whose father dug up that graveyard. He said that was left because couldn’t get permission from family to move the graves. I don’t know if they actually relocated the other bodies but he talked of finding evidence of some being buried alive. There is also a grave left by the bridge over I20 or 85 heading out to Avondale Mall.

[@rosesweet1967]

That’s very interesting

[@sayitaintso7544]

Yes I think I remember there was another near I-20 and Columbia Drive. The county wanted a ramp from both sides at I-20 but the families of those buried didnt want the grave site touched.

[@ryanadams6802]

Yeah I 20 over pass Columbia Dr.

[@cheifburninggrass]

They really should clean up that mosoleum, it wouldn’t be that hard to clean the foliage off of it, the tree growing on top, the kudzu climbing it, makes it an eye sore also, Walmart should at least pay a landscaper to keep it up.

[@chrismartin5652]

Even if Walmart would take care of the surrounding area, that would help. All of the damage is their fault due to planting the trees. The trees and seeds of the trees have caused damage plus due to their trees it has created a safe haven for trash dumping, vandalism, graffiti, homeless camping and more. The last few months there has been a push to clean it up and it is much better. Not finished but much better.

[@mwmann3684]

I live in NYC ; but, I remember that the mausoleum was clearly, in view, when driving into Avondale Mall (1970's). There's a smaller antebellum plot, next to a small strip mall on the former Lickskillet Rd./Gordon Rd./MLK Jr Dr. across the street from Atlanta's West View Cemetery. I'm 70 & remember both locations, since my early 20's.

[@thatbme35]

Same with Columbia mall. One use to sit in that parking lot too. 50 years ago or so.

[@cameronwhitehead3860]

There is zero chance those “air pockets” are unmarked graves. The granite walls were built when Avondale Mall was built. They marked out the surrounding the family cemetery knowing it was there and then built the staircase and walls and backfield the gaps. The graves were at ground level until then. If there was an unmarked grave in the parking lot it would have been 20’ deep plus from ground level.

[@smitten8951]

100 years and everything would be gone? That seems to be an overly simplistic theory.

[@wackyworldnews]

not fully true.....depends on the soil or location...

[@truetruth4233]

Wouldn’t shock me just like Lake Lanier

[@vme6892]

Even Lake Martin in Alabama.

[@CarterKey6]

The assumption of slave graves was based on the assumption that the family was wealthy and built the mausoleum. That’s debunked by the historian in the episode but the “journalist” keeps referring to slave graves. It’s a family cemetery that sadly were all forgotten

[@arethamorgan6613]

@Carter If this is the case. What did this guy mean by air pockets? He even went as far, as to list the number as 10, of these air pockets? Also he mentioned, there was a wooden coffin. Now. This guy is supposed to be a professional...right? I am just saying.

[@jpriest2491]

God see' s all things. Must follow up on this.🇺🇸

[@AgitpropPsyop]

I just have to give it up to the reporting on the story! I would watch the news every day if it was this high quality.

[@Flower-i3r]

I bet there everywhere, remember before streets ,the woods must have alot of slaves buried also georgia,all through the south ,hmmm,if tree were able to talk.

[@1MeSheTV]

Why do they think it called memorial drive🤔😭

[@arethamorgan6613]

Excuse my ignorance, but one question? If after 100yrs everything is gone? What bones are the Archaeologist's finding? And how old are those Mummies? I realize that weather, and earth, play a part in the body decomposing. I just find it so strange. Decatur, has quite a few neglected graves. There is one on McAfee Road, on the left, between Long Dr. & Meadow Lane. In such bad shape, that it justs blends in with the scenery around it. Just makes you wonder.

[@jdelmonte7350]

Please stop calling them slaves, slavery is a condition not a human designation. They are enslaved Africans. Give them back the dignity of personhood denied them.

[@jpriest2491]

Why does everyone think slaves were only blk? BS! Read the history of the irish. They were treated worse than blks. Do the research. I did!

[@janiemaebeauty]

@@jpriest2491 Find something better to do troll

[@357-swagnumultramagax9]

@@janiemaebeauty prove him wrong !

[@357-swagnumultramagax9]

@@jpriest2491 Because the bias school system , remember a lot of people still think the civil war was started to free the slaves 😂

[@janiemaebeauty]

@@357-swagnumultramagax9 I don't care what he's talking about or you. Carry on my wayward son.

[@ryanadams6802]

As much as I use to go to avandale mall or just hanging out in the area never knew they were there,I do know about the one off Columbia woods.

[@tcdecatur2077]

This isn’t new, we knew this waaaayyyy back in the day. Old heads from Dec know this used to be the site of Avondale Mall.

[@40kMuses]

FACTS...Nevermind I avoid that Walmart on all occasions

[@shirleywilliams5124]

Yep you know it!😁❤❤❤❤🤝 Go in mccorys and used to play with them snakes ,,spiders tapping on the glass. and pay the light bill on the 2nd floor. Beulah Baptist was in store front across the street! (Jerry black) #avondalemall

[@arethamorgan6613]

Why?

[@futuremillionaire68]

I just hate that a lot of our black ancestor is buried like that

[@98f5]

It was the graves of the workers who built the Walmart!

[@AmericanToucan]

That would be a nice lawsuit against Walmart if there were more. F Walmart

[@maryannlaylanzon9885]

Walmart isn't at fault I'd they had no idea. It's been over 150 years

[@AmericanToucan]

@@maryannlaylanzon9885 “shopping over dead bodies in aisle 6 feet over”

[@leatrinidad9935]

MR CROWLEY, HAVE YOU TALK TO THE DEAD? SO OZZY WAS RIGHT!. HE DID EXIST! MR.CROWLEY!

[@357-swagnumultramagax9]

Mr.walton

[@cheifburninggrass]

Obviously he meant allester Crowley but whatevs ...maybe they were related

[@JohnJohnson-vu7xj]

There is something erieabout wally world.

[@357-swagnumultramagax9]

Communist Walmart

[@dp7047]

Lamont at Large covered this months ago

[@earvetta]

Someone knew of the bodies buried there at the time the mausoleum was built, there should've been some records of possible of that the parking lot was the area of bodies buried there. Anytime land is purchased and unmark graves each one has to be relocated to another area before construction can begin. I bided on a house in Pensacola won the bid of $1.00, only to find out that it had unmarked graves.

[@charmaineburgin9369]

WOW really unbelievably shameful and scandlous. SMH absolutely wrong.

[@Twp205]

I first heard about this burial site on Lamont At Large! Very interesting story!

[@garymack9734]

Anything COVID not screwed up?

[@paulrevere2928]

Slaves who died on the job were buried on the spot in the floor of the Inman cotton mill near downtown off Highland Avenue, now apartment lofts.

[@laughalotitsgoodforyourbod7627]

That was forced labor not jobs.

[@paulrevere2928]

@@laughalotitsgoodforyourbod7627 job is a term used loosely to mean working position. If they were provided shelter and food in exchange for labor it was a job. Biden/Harris illegitimate presidential administration have jobs that NEITHER are doing whatsoever and are still being PAID so don’t split hairs with me. Thanks

[@laughalotitsgoodforyourbod7627]

@@paulrevere2928 you can choose what jobs you want today.That’s was forced labor!!! You can’t compare the two.

[@CarterKey6]

That’s absolutely not true as was this BS story they proved wrong in the same report

[@nevergivingupmission1370]

Evil people keep saying the word slave to legalize the kidnapping and torture of these good people. slave, 🙄 these people were human and Godly. and were kidnapped ,raped, murdered, and tortured . The evil one is always proud, trust God will never forgive them and vengeance will arrive on that great day . No mercy shall be given to the murderers .That day will be worse than cancer , for the rich have showed no mercy and requested the murder of all of those women , men , and children that they are calling slaves . They were victims of this cruel society, ...... 😢

[@robertkish2483]

Just clean it up its pretty cool !

[@futuremillionaire68]

I literally work at a group home around the corner…. It’s a covid place there now … I can’t wait to bring my group home kids there too on Monday

[@millymilly8264]

Fema coffins and of course it’s next to Walmart out of all places

[@malinda4963]

Wow....

[@Starfish2145]

Reporter wearing stretchy jogging pants 🤦‍♀️

[@truetruth4233]

Just Wow

[@TSC-hr7ir]

WALMART

[@kennethlynch9003]

Wow sad

[@youevdk2794]

omg

[@maryannlaylanzon9885]

Those people saved the slaves from the south.

[@darnellw9221]

🧢

[@Lisa.G412]

They need to move that covid site, knowing now what they know they are just gonna let them drive over them 😒

[@LexyTheEbikeQueen]

Duhhhhh