tombstones

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Soldiers who demonstrated "extraordinary valour" are honoured with outdoor graves and tombstones, while others are commemorated in urns inside the columbarium.

From BBC • May 7, 2026

Nearby, a well-maintained veterans cemetery can be seen, its tombstones decorated with wreaths and flowers.

From Barron's • Feb. 27, 2026

The art installation consists of over 100 tombstones, each with identical black fists and names I remember from 2020.

From Slate • Feb. 11, 2026

Fratantoni and others are fundraising for new tombstones for their slain predecessors.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 10, 2025

Dozens of tombstones surrounded by dense shrubs and weeds.

From "Moon Over Manifest" by Clare Vanderpool