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

In the town's cemetery, an AFP journalist saw a hole that looked like a dug-up grave, surrounded by other tombstones.

From Barron's • Mar. 7, 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

In the suit, Willman alleges that the plan to blame trainers for the deaths happened after animal rights advocates staged a protest at Santa Anita with faux tombstones for every horse that died.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 5, 2025

Then I had this dream where I was walking in the graveyard alone, without even Sal by my side, and I saw a glowing thing passing between the tombstones.

From "The Seven Wonders of Sassafras Springs" by Betty G. Birney