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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

A fundraiser to repair the headstone amassed more than £23,000.

From BBC • Apr. 25, 2026

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

From MarketWatch • Nov. 18, 2025

Every time Karen Betlejewski visits the Smith River Community Pioneer Cemetery, she places silk flowers beside a simple granite headstone in the northeast corner.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 9, 2025

One day, while carrying a large rock, I slipped on a broken headstone and badly gashed my leg.

From "The Boy on the Wooden Box" by Leon Leyson




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