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footstone

[foot-stohn] / ˈfʊtˌstoʊn /


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The only damage, other than the break, was a missing chuck of stone at the top right corner of the footstone.

From Washington Times Jul. 6, 2020

A small, white footstone sat unsteadily in the earth, like a loose tooth.

From Washington Post Mar. 4, 2020

“There was no tombstone or footstone and the plot location was never recorded. Both of my grandparents are buried there, but no markers.”

From Washington Times Feb. 2, 2019

And the footstone at the grave of Chief Gunner’s Mate Henry Lynde is inscribed “USS Santee.”

From Washington Post Aug. 30, 2018

This same cipher is repeated on the footstone, and is evidently intentional.

From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 61, No. 377, March 1847 by Various




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