A Buffalo school has dedicated a new monument in honor of thousands who are buried in a Potters Field.
Tuesday morning City Honors unveiled the stone memorial outside of the school at the corner of Best and Fosdick Streets in the city.
Over the years, remains have been uncovered at the property at Best Street and Fosdick.
City Honors principal Bill Kresse said in the Spring of 2007 a few remains were unearthed at the school during the Joint Schools reconstruction project at the school.
"The remains of thousands of citizens of Buffalo laid forgotten for years," said Kresse. "This entire plot of land, was originally part of the city's Potters Field."
Remains that were recovered through the years have been reburied at Forest Lawn Cemetery.
In 1832 Potters Field was used for a burial ground for the poor. By the time it closed in 1874 8,000 to 10,000 were buried at the site.
The stone monument honors the several thousand that remain buried at the school property.
"To finally honor and memorialize those who are buried at the Potters Field at City Honors," said Kresse.