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we love to tour old cemeteries and read the hauntingly poetic inscriptions on the gravestones
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Ryan's mother actually had that cartoon engraved on his gravestone.
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Sharon Coolidge, The Enquirer, 4 July 2024
Photos posted by the groups showed the gravestones knocked over in the grass, many of them broken.
—Minyvonne Burke, NBC News, 3 July 2024
Jewish Cemeteries of Greater Cincinnati is struggling to contact the families of those whose gravestones were damaged, as many of the gravestones are sitting face down with the names out of sight, according to the press release.
—Killian Baarlaer, The Enquirer, 1 July 2024
Outside, a cemetery on the church yard’s south side still has empty spaces among the weathering gravestones.
—Michael S. Williamson, Washington Post, 17 June 2024
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Sharon Coolidge, The Enquirer, 4 July 2024
Photos posted by the groups showed the gravestones knocked over in the grass, many of them broken.
—Minyvonne Burke, NBC News, 3 July 2024
Jewish Cemeteries of Greater Cincinnati is struggling to contact the families of those whose gravestones were damaged, as many of the gravestones are sitting face down with the names out of sight, according to the press release.
—Killian Baarlaer, The Enquirer, 1 July 2024
Outside, a cemetery on the church yard’s south side still has empty spaces among the weathering gravestones.
—Michael S. Williamson, Washington Post, 17 June 2024
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“Gravestone.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gravestone. Accessed 26 Jul. 2024.
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gravestone
noun
grave·stone
ˈgrāv-ˌstōn 
: a burial monument
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