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

She balked at the idea of a traditional burial, calling caskets and tombstones “a racket.”

From Salon • Dec. 9, 2025

He hopped over the low stone wall that surrounded it and climbed up through the tombstones, all the while keeping the tree in his sights.

From "A Monster Calls" by Patrick Ness