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we love to tour old cemeteries and read the hauntingly poetic inscriptions on the gravestones
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Haunted Mansion props on the parade floats will include the conservatory casket, cryptic gravestones, gargoyle candleholders, haunted armor and stretching room portraits, according to the concept art.
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Brady MacDonald, Oc Register, 2 June 2026
Swapping gravestones for fieldstones That trend — along with a desire to improve deathcare — led Connell to partner with Ed Bixby, owner of Steelmantown Church in New Jersey, which operates several green cemeteries nationwide.
—Karina Tsui, CNN Money, 18 May 2026
Many of the gravestones in this makeshift cemetery have no full names, only the fighter's nom de guerre, because they were buried in the haste of war.
—Emily Feng, NPR, 17 May 2026
All of this is envisioned as a picture for Trixie’s gravestone.
—Caroline Lillian Schopp, Artforum, 13 May 2026
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Brady MacDonald, Oc Register, 2 June 2026
Swapping gravestones for fieldstones That trend — along with a desire to improve deathcare — led Connell to partner with Ed Bixby, owner of Steelmantown Church in New Jersey, which operates several green cemeteries nationwide.
—Karina Tsui, CNN Money, 18 May 2026
Many of the gravestones in this makeshift cemetery have no full names, only the fighter's nom de guerre, because they were buried in the haste of war.
—Emily Feng, NPR, 17 May 2026
All of this is envisioned as a picture for Trixie’s gravestone.
—Caroline Lillian Schopp, Artforum, 13 May 2026
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“Gravestone.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gravestone. Accessed 12 Jun. 2026.
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gravestone
noun
grave·stone
ˈgrāv-ˌstōn 
: a burial monument
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