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we love to tour old cemeteries and read the hauntingly poetic inscriptions on the gravestones
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Brad Maestas visits the gravestone of his father Sgt.
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Helen H. Richardson, Denver Post, 26 May 2025
For a Halloween party, use Pepperidge Farms' Milano cookies, and make gravestones for the top.
—Kimberly Holland, Southern Living, 26 May 2025
What made the story even more haunting was the realization that the gravestone wasn’t even Jody’s.
—Ashley Vega, People.com, 18 May 2025
Outside, the museum’s free archeological park holds ancient stone relics, from tumbled columns to ornate gravestones.
—Seth Sherwood, New York Times, 15 May 2025
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Helen H. Richardson, Denver Post, 26 May 2025
For a Halloween party, use Pepperidge Farms' Milano cookies, and make gravestones for the top.
—Kimberly Holland, Southern Living, 26 May 2025
What made the story even more haunting was the realization that the gravestone wasn’t even Jody’s.
—Ashley Vega, People.com, 18 May 2025
Outside, the museum’s free archeological park holds ancient stone relics, from tumbled columns to ornate gravestones.
—Seth Sherwood, New York Times, 15 May 2025
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“Gravestone.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gravestone. Accessed 6 Jun. 2025.
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gravestone
noun
grave·stone
ˈgrāv-ˌstōn 
: a burial monument
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