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we love to tour old cemeteries and read the hauntingly poetic inscriptions on the gravestones
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The gravestone itself features a Tupperware container for storing cookies, allowing people to give a treat back to the original creator and other cemetery goers.
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Meredith Wilshere, People.com, 21 June 2025
In that way and in many others, the history of Arlington National Cemetery is our history, telling our story in rows upon rows of white gravestones, monuments and memorials.
—Phaedra Trethan, USA Today, 27 May 2025
Images of the actual gravestones were added in previous years.
—Olivia Stevens, Chicago Tribune, 12 May 2025
In fact, the search giant has a history of killing so many of its services that there’s a website dedicated to tracking all the gravestones.
—Julian Chokkattu, Wired News, 9 June 2025
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Meredith Wilshere, People.com, 21 June 2025
In that way and in many others, the history of Arlington National Cemetery is our history, telling our story in rows upon rows of white gravestones, monuments and memorials.
—Phaedra Trethan, USA Today, 27 May 2025
Images of the actual gravestones were added in previous years.
—Olivia Stevens, Chicago Tribune, 12 May 2025
In fact, the search giant has a history of killing so many of its services that there’s a website dedicated to tracking all the gravestones.
—Julian Chokkattu, Wired News, 9 June 2025
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“Gravestone.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gravestone. Accessed 30 Jun. 2025.
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gravestone
noun
grave·stone
ˈgrāv-ˌstōn 
: a burial monument
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