gravestone

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Their authors were seldom scholars; more often they were nonprofessional writers and editors whose volunteer contributions ranged from family snapshots to gravestone photographs, fragmented town histories, folkloric anecdotes and tall tales.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 16, 2026

“People sell those markers, even those little vases you put on them, and melt them down for money,” says Rebecca Meyer, 48, a gravestone conservationist and president of Epoch Preservation.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 14, 2026

In the cemetery, Munzanza's mother Florence knelt by his gravestone and wept.

From Barron's • Oct. 13, 2025

That’s why folks like O’Donnell sometimes take and re-take pictures of the same gravestone.

From Slate • Oct. 24, 2024

I plucked a leaf from the oak tree we were standing under and tore it in little bits while Lightfoot studied the gravestone.

From "Cold Sassy Tree" by Olive Ann Burns