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The reburials began in the 1920s and peaked in the 1940s, after San Francisco voters formally approved the eviction of the dead in 1937.
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Ryan MacAsero, Mercury News, 26 Oct. 2025
The most important outcome of the excavation will be the reburial of all the human remains found, giving the deceased the dignity they have been denied for decades.
—Jade Wilson, The Dial, 21 Oct. 2025
Just as fascinating are Poe’s burial and his reburial 26 years later, an exhumation that adds to his mystique, even if the raw particulars of that reburial do nothing to justify the urban legend of his living entombment.
—Literary Hub, 8 Oct. 2025
The event, attended by Archbishop of Baltimore William E. Lori, included a procession, a chapel blessing and the reburial.
—Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 5 Oct. 2025
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Ryan MacAsero, Mercury News, 26 Oct. 2025
The most important outcome of the excavation will be the reburial of all the human remains found, giving the deceased the dignity they have been denied for decades.
—Jade Wilson, The Dial, 21 Oct. 2025
Just as fascinating are Poe’s burial and his reburial 26 years later, an exhumation that adds to his mystique, even if the raw particulars of that reburial do nothing to justify the urban legend of his living entombment.
—Literary Hub, 8 Oct. 2025
The event, attended by Archbishop of Baltimore William E. Lori, included a procession, a chapel blessing and the reburial.
—Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 5 Oct. 2025
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“Reburial.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/reburial. Accessed 4 Apr. 2026.
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