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

Anyone who visits an older cemetery anywhere in North America is startled to see the large numbers of tombstones inscribed with the names of infants and young children.

From Salon • Jul. 12, 2025

Soviet officials based in New York traded jokes about the words that would appear on their tombstones.

From "Fallout: Spies, Superbombs, and the Ultimate Cold War Showdown" by Steve Sheinkin