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many of the headstones were for children who had died during the influenza epidemic
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For generations, his grave has been marked by an erroneous headstone with a Latin cross, not a Star of David, something Eiferman learned only recently.
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Scott MacFarlane, CBS News, 19 Apr. 2025
His parents bought a double plot, installed a double headstone; one half is still smooth and blank, awaiting inscription.
—David Bezmozgis, New Yorker, 6 Apr. 2025
As his fingers gently run across the letters forming Alex's name on the headstone, Elsa stresses how his memories of her never faded.
—Matt Cabral, EW.com, 6 Apr. 2025
The headstone belongs to Charlie Houck, a traveling circus animal trainer who died in a Charlotte hospital in 1930 after a lion scratched his arm, causing a fatal infection.
—Heidi Finley, Charlotte Observer, 18 Apr. 2025
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Scott MacFarlane, CBS News, 19 Apr. 2025
His parents bought a double plot, installed a double headstone; one half is still smooth and blank, awaiting inscription.
—David Bezmozgis, New Yorker, 6 Apr. 2025
As his fingers gently run across the letters forming Alex's name on the headstone, Elsa stresses how his memories of her never faded.
—Matt Cabral, EW.com, 6 Apr. 2025
The headstone belongs to Charlie Houck, a traveling circus animal trainer who died in a Charlotte hospital in 1930 after a lion scratched his arm, causing a fatal infection.
—Heidi Finley, Charlotte Observer, 18 Apr. 2025
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“Headstone.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/headstone. Accessed 18 May. 2025.
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headstone
noun
head·stone
-ˌstōn 
: a memorial stone placed at the head of a grave
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