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many of the headstones were for children who had died during the influenza epidemic
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Hudspeth and other volunteers took over the cleanup by picking up leaves and fallen branches and cleaning broken and toppled headstones.
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Kamal Morgan,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
24 June 2026
The headstone, a memorial to texans who served the confederacy, was erected in 1964, which is to say the state missed the hundred-year anniversary of the battle itself but did remember to put it up in the year that Lyndon Johnson signed the Civil Rights Act.
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Christopher Hooks,
Harpers Magazine,
23 June 2026
Organizers divided the cemetery into 29 sectors, and volunteers checked every single headstone that was still intact.
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Dawn White,
CBS News,
20 June 2026
Even today, his headstone in Philadelphia lists the wrong date for his death.
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Jesse Wegman,
The Atlantic,
20 June 2026
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Kamal Morgan,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
24 June 2026
The headstone, a memorial to texans who served the confederacy, was erected in 1964, which is to say the state missed the hundred-year anniversary of the battle itself but did remember to put it up in the year that Lyndon Johnson signed the Civil Rights Act.
—
Christopher Hooks,
Harpers Magazine,
23 June 2026
Organizers divided the cemetery into 29 sectors, and volunteers checked every single headstone that was still intact.
—
Dawn White,
CBS News,
20 June 2026
Even today, his headstone in Philadelphia lists the wrong date for his death.
—
Jesse Wegman,
The Atlantic,
20 June 2026
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“Headstone.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/headstone. Accessed 1 Jul. 2026.
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headstone
noun
head·stone
-ˌstōn 
: a memorial stone placed at the head of a grave
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