Graves Discovered Beneath Citadel Stadium

Construction at The Citadel’s Johnson Hagood Stadium unearthed over fifty unmarked graves—likely of enslaved people—during drainage work, reigniting debate over the stadium’s history atop a former cemetery. With the college planning to exhume and reinter remains per city rules, locals and historians are outraged by the proximity of tailgating to these buried lives, especially near a stadium named for a Confederate general. The Citadel vows to collaborate with the community and follow preservation protocols, as this discovery underscores how buried histories keep surfacing—and demanding reckoning. Support the show:Get a discount at https://solipillow.com/discount/dnn. Advertise on DNN:[email protected] This is an automated, high-level news summary based on public reporting.Report issues to [email protected]. View sources & latest updates:https://sources.thednn.ai/e960e2c4b5ea1f19