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we love to tour old cemeteries and read the hauntingly poetic inscriptions on the gravestones
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The gravestone is located in Shrewsbury, a town in England’s West Midlands.
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Olatunji Osho-Williams, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 Nov. 2024
Police are investigating the incident, which took place at St. Chad's Church, where the gravestone had become a popular tourist attraction.
—Dan Perry, Newsweek, 26 Nov. 2024
The cost of shipping would have been astronomical, but the family of the high-status man to whom researchers believe the gravestone belongs likely had the funds to foot the bill.
—Ashley Strickland, CNN, 2 Nov. 2024
Part of the junk’s ballast had been provided by granite gravestones, brought by the migrants from China for use at the end of their lives.
—Sam Knight, The New Yorker, 4 Nov. 2024
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Olatunji Osho-Williams, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 Nov. 2024
Police are investigating the incident, which took place at St. Chad's Church, where the gravestone had become a popular tourist attraction.
—Dan Perry, Newsweek, 26 Nov. 2024
The cost of shipping would have been astronomical, but the family of the high-status man to whom researchers believe the gravestone belongs likely had the funds to foot the bill.
—Ashley Strickland, CNN, 2 Nov. 2024
Part of the junk’s ballast had been provided by granite gravestones, brought by the migrants from China for use at the end of their lives.
—Sam Knight, The New Yorker, 4 Nov. 2024
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“Gravestone.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gravestone. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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gravestone
noun
grave·stone
ˈgrāv-ˌstōn 
: a burial monument
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