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many of the headstones were for children who had died during the influenza epidemic
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Stephenson, who has cleaned over 2,000 headstones in four summers, said her passion for genealogy motivates her love of preservation.
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Sophia Pargas, NBC News, 30 Oct. 2024
For a long time, there was no headstone at the grave, until the last three members of Wilson's family were located and visited Louisville in 2018.
—Rachel Smith, The Courier-Journal, 30 Sep. 2024
Two people are facing charges in Indiana in connection with a series of thefts of bronze veteran markers from headstones from various veteran burial locations in the Hoosier State.
—Landon Mion, Fox News, 10 Sep. 2024
So reads the headstone (translated from Latin) marking the grave of the enigmatic man known as Kaspar Hauser, who died in 1833.
—Mindy Weisberger, CNN, 21 Sep. 2024
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Sophia Pargas, NBC News, 30 Oct. 2024
For a long time, there was no headstone at the grave, until the last three members of Wilson's family were located and visited Louisville in 2018.
—Rachel Smith, The Courier-Journal, 30 Sep. 2024
Two people are facing charges in Indiana in connection with a series of thefts of bronze veteran markers from headstones from various veteran burial locations in the Hoosier State.
—Landon Mion, Fox News, 10 Sep. 2024
So reads the headstone (translated from Latin) marking the grave of the enigmatic man known as Kaspar Hauser, who died in 1833.
—Mindy Weisberger, CNN, 21 Sep. 2024
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“Headstone.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/headstone. Accessed 1 Dec. 2024.
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headstone
noun
head·stone
-ˌstōn 
: a memorial stone placed at the head of a grave
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