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Definition of tombstone
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the historic cemetery's many tombstones marking the graves of children are telling reminders of the harshness of pioneer life
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More Indiana coverage In a press release and statement, town officials state that unmarked graves were identified beyond the area marked with tombstones.
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After 14 games and a major-league-high 23 home runs allowed, including a two-run homer by Logan Forsythe in the third inning, Arroyo’s tombstone could be getting carved.
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The Southern rocker is being laid to rest near the grave of his brother Duane, in the same Rose Hill Cemetery where members of the Allman Brothers Band once wrote songs amid the tombstones.
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Since the tombstones — and sometimes even the contents of the graves — had been desecrated, damaged or removed, Mr. Izzo has made restoring both graveyards his life’s work.
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While some laid in the grass with cardboard tombstones, others passed out flyers to educate passersby on the bill, and to ask them to call their representatives in Congress.
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For decades, generations of the community would be placed there to rest beneath still-standing tombstones.
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Archaeologists found a mud-brick chapel attached to the side of the tomb, and inside were three stelae, or tombstones.
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Dozens of protesters gathered outside Rep. Tom MacArthur's event in heavily Democratic Willingboro, some lying on the ground with tombstones during a die-in.
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First Known Use of tombstone
1565
Tombstone
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city in the southeastern corner of Arizona population 1380 ◆Tombstone was site of the gunfight at the O.K. Corral in 1881.
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