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

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

There was a skit in which the Panther mascot moved about ripping up paper tombstones symbolizing Permian’s fallen opponents.

From "Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream" by H.G. Bissinger