headstone

Above my grave, a granite headstone, measuring six feet by three feet, will be erected.

From Salon ● Jun. 1, 2026

A few pens have been left on the headstone, which has been replaced at least once; generations of fans have attempted to obliterate “Hughes.”

From Los Angeles Times ● May 14, 2026

Other notable artifacts connected to St. Eustatius are a headstone from its Jewish cemetery, commemorating a merchant’s wife, and a Hanukkah lamp from Amsterdam that was eventually carried to St. Thomas by Jewish exiles.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 6, 2026

Roper says a local pub landlord raised money for the headstone and chose the words to place on it: "It's quite... poignant that those words were chosen because it was some mother's son."

From BBC ● Apr. 29, 2026

On a nearby rock cliff, a crew member painted a memorial, a potential headstone for them all, Advance, AD 1853–1854.

From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock

Around them, brothers and sisters play between the headstones of siblings whose lives were cut short.

From BBC ● Jul. 23, 2026

The “expat graveyard” is filled with headstones of people who boldly declared, “We love it here. We’re never leaving.”

From MarketWatch ● Apr. 24, 2026

Beneath moss-covered cinder blocks, dilapidated stone markers, and a handful of headstones, more than 200 children who died in state custody between the 1870s and 1930s are buried.

From Slate ● Mar. 30, 2026

An artist, she’s been drawing picture after picture of dogs since then, or images of headstones that say, “Jan. 8 RIP Jon Snow I love you,” and collecting small plastic husky figurines.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 6, 2025

The old metal gates hanging off the hinges were gone, and the headstones were barely visible through the thick tangles of weeds that had claimed the plot.

From "The Kite Runner" by Khaled Hosseini