This white casket held the bones of children who died in quarantine in the mid-19th century after coming to the U.S. On Saturday, mourners gathered to memorialize the remains of unknown immigrants that were found during construction of a courthouse in St. George. The interfaith ceremony was presided over by Edward Cardinal Egan, former Archbishop of New York. The remains will be placed in a holding tomb in the Moravian Cemetery until construction of a permanent memorial is complete.

Cardinal Egan memorializes forgotten Irish immigrants on Staten Island in New York published 10.18.2009 by Irish Central.