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
“We’re now left with a gravestone that’s in multiple pieces,” she added.
From BBC ● Nov. 25, 2024
Scarlett looked around, and saw a man in a fawn-colored raincoat squatting in front of a gravestone.
From "The Graveyard Book" by Neil Gaiman
A ragtag online group, the “Grave Marker Recovery Team,” hunts down gravestones that have been stolen, typically to sell at antique shows as accents for upscale decorating.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 14, 2026
As night falls, the bat hunters make their way amongst the gravestones of Guestwick Church in Norfolk.
From BBC ● Oct. 30, 2025
If you’re looking to go big on your decor, skeletons, gravestones and inflatables are perfect to transform your home into a real-life haunted house.
From Salon ● Oct. 30, 2025
But when I go to these cemeteries and take pictures of the gravestones, I’m not usually scared.
From Slate ● Oct. 24, 2024
Johnny knew it was cut on the slate gravestones of the Lyte family on Copp s Hill.
From "Johnny Tremain" by Esther Hoskins Forbes
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