headstone
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Chunks of concrete and large field stones lie about — a common grave marker for people who couldn’t afford headstones, archaeologists say.
African American gravesites detected near the Capital Beltway will be spared in road-widening plans | Katherine Shaver | September 9, 2021 | Washington PostThey find Jaguar’s grave along the cemetery’s main road, amid a sea of other headstones inscribed with the names of people who fought in conflicts many decades ago.
‘Was This All Worth It?’ Grieving the Death of One of the Last U.S. Soldiers Killed in Afghanistan | W.J. Hennigan | September 2, 2021 | TimeThe tears are still there, but now I see the flowers laid on the headstones and am grateful for the passing of time.
Alongside headstones honoring fallen Confederate soldiers, little flags flutter in the late spring breeze, each marked with the date when North Carolina seceded from the Union.
While there’s some dispute as to where Johnson is actually buried, a headstone bearing his name and the word “Citizen” in Arlington Cemetery is widely thought to be his final resting place.
“Good bye boys, I die a true American,” were his last words, according to the headstone.
Donations flowed in from around the world, and Spann finally got a headstone—30 years after he died.
Blues Musicians in Unmarked Graves Are Finally Getting Some Respect | Malcolm Jones | January 12, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTBut the sight of that headstone made his existence more real to me, made me a little more humble and oddly very joyful.
Blues Musicians in Unmarked Graves Are Finally Getting Some Respect | Malcolm Jones | January 12, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTShe was buried at Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery on Sept. 16, 2008, with a headstone saying, “Queen of Pin-Ups.”
‘Bettie Page Reveals All,’ A Close-Up Look at the Pinup Goddess and Sexual Icon | Marlow Stern | November 23, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTFour weeks ago, his family removed his expensive headstone from his grave, pulverized it, and placed the remains in a landfill.
When all other service is vain from plant and tree, the soft Mosses and grey Lichens take up their watch by the headstone.
The plant-lore and garden-craft of Shakespeare | Henry Nicholson EllacombeHe sleeps with the undistinguishable multitude, and his headstone is lettered, "Unknown."
Above the coffin on Alderton's headstone is an ornament, apparently palms.
In Search Of Gravestones Old And Curious | W.T. (William Thomas) VincentIt is found, however, on a headstone of a somewhat weak design in Old Hornsey Churchyard.
In Search Of Gravestones Old And Curious | W.T. (William Thomas) VincentOver the headstone presently came the knee pants, the faded calico waist with bone buttons.
The Wrong Twin | Harry Leon Wilson
British Dictionary definitions for headstone
/ (ˈhɛdˌstəʊn) /
a memorial stone at the head of a grave
architect another name for keystone
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