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headstone

[hed-stohn] / ˈhɛdˌstoʊn /
NOUN
gravestone
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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

Not included: “A headstone or any other permanent memorial,” the site adds.

From MarketWatch • Nov. 18, 2025

Community members paid for the sturdy stone headstone.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 9, 2025

"Mum's grave still doesn't have her name on the headstone," she told BBC Radio Foyle's North West Today programme.

From BBC • Jul. 14, 2025

He would find Liza Hempstock a headstone, with her name upon it.

From "The Graveyard Book" by Neil Gaiman




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