headstone
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There is room on the headstone for only three of the seven names.
From Salon ● Aug. 10, 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
A fundraiser to repair the headstone amassed more than £23,000.
From BBC ● Apr. 25, 2026
I still owe them the money we promised them for their son’s headstone.
From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse
Every year, local people come along and rub beach sand into the marble headstones so the names of those U.S. soldiers can still be read.
From Salon ● Jun. 9, 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
I’d have my older sister, Marie, take me there to create full characters based on the names on headstones.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 16, 2025
The Commonwealth War Grave Commission cleared the site of all headstones after many had been vandalised or fallen into disrepair.
From BBC ● Nov. 8, 2025
Below the monument were white headstones inside a black iron fence.
From "In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse" by Joseph Marshall III
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