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many of the headstones were for children who had died during the influenza epidemic
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Then in 1988, First AME placed a headstone on her unmarked grave at Evergreen Cemetery.
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Ruben Vives, Los Angeles Times, 19 June 2024
Hodge and her husband, Rivers, found their future child's name on a headstone.
—Zoey Lyttle, Peoplemag, 17 June 2024
That included everything from the weathervane to the piers underneath the church, where there is a crypt containing headstones from the original New Haven Colony burial grounds.
—Ed Stannard, Hartford Courant, 5 Feb. 2024
Both sisters made a headstone for the pigs, which are now buried in the family’s backyard, KIRO-TV reported.
—Julia Marnin, Sacramento Bee, 4 June 2024
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Ruben Vives, Los Angeles Times, 19 June 2024
Hodge and her husband, Rivers, found their future child's name on a headstone.
—Zoey Lyttle, Peoplemag, 17 June 2024
That included everything from the weathervane to the piers underneath the church, where there is a crypt containing headstones from the original New Haven Colony burial grounds.
—Ed Stannard, Hartford Courant, 5 Feb. 2024
Both sisters made a headstone for the pigs, which are now buried in the family’s backyard, KIRO-TV reported.
—Julia Marnin, Sacramento Bee, 4 June 2024
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“Headstone.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/headstone. Accessed 6 Jul. 2024.
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headstone
noun
head·stone
-ˌstōn 
: a memorial stone placed at the head of a grave
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