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many of the headstones were for children who had died during the influenza epidemic
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Both sisters made a headstone for the pigs, which are now buried in the family’s backyard, KIRO-TV reported.
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Julia Marnin, Sacramento Bee, 4 June 2024
Small flags line rows and rows of headstones of 14,000 veterans with names that connect the living to the dead: Joseph Milligan of Tennessee (World War I), Charles Harding of Colorado (World War II), Andrew Montello of California (Korea), and on and on.
—Hasan Zillur Rahim, The Mercury News, 25 May 2024
Aside from digitizing Western’s archive and offering tours, Ms. Woods also had a headstone installed on Blue’s unmarked grave.
—Jingnan Peng, The Christian Science Monitor, 26 Apr. 2024
Instead, the mom of three — and soon-to-be four — is checking out headstones at local cemeteries for inspiration from late lives and bygone eras.
—Zoey Lyttle, Peoplemag, 29 May 2024
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Julia Marnin, Sacramento Bee, 4 June 2024
Small flags line rows and rows of headstones of 14,000 veterans with names that connect the living to the dead: Joseph Milligan of Tennessee (World War I), Charles Harding of Colorado (World War II), Andrew Montello of California (Korea), and on and on.
—Hasan Zillur Rahim, The Mercury News, 25 May 2024
Aside from digitizing Western’s archive and offering tours, Ms. Woods also had a headstone installed on Blue’s unmarked grave.
—Jingnan Peng, The Christian Science Monitor, 26 Apr. 2024
Instead, the mom of three — and soon-to-be four — is checking out headstones at local cemeteries for inspiration from late lives and bygone eras.
—Zoey Lyttle, Peoplemag, 29 May 2024
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“Headstone.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/headstone. Accessed 14 Jun. 2024.
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headstone
noun
head·stone
-ˌstōn 
: a memorial stone placed at the head of a grave
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