gravestone
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Their authors were seldom scholars; more often they were nonprofessional writers and editors whose volunteer contributions ranged from family snapshots to gravestone photographs, fragmented town histories, folkloric anecdotes and tall tales.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 16, 2026
“People sell those markers, even those little vases you put on them, and melt them down for money,” says Rebecca Meyer, 48, a gravestone conservationist and president of Epoch Preservation.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 14, 2026
In the cemetery, Munzanza's mother Florence knelt by his gravestone and wept.
From Barron's ● Oct. 13, 2025
The gravestone of Ebenezer Scrooge has been reinstated, after it was smashed into piece by vandals in November.
From BBC ● Dec. 7, 2024
They left the skeleton of his blackened house behind as a gravestone.
From "Hurricane Child" by Kheryn Callender
A ragtag online group, the “Grave Marker Recovery Team,” hunts down gravestones that have been stolen, typically to sell at antique shows as accents for upscale decorating.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 14, 2026
The 30 available gravestones, many now without distinguishable inscriptions, date back to the 19th Century.
From BBC ● Nov. 4, 2025
If you’re looking to go big on your decor, skeletons, gravestones and inflatables are perfect to transform your home into a real-life haunted house.
From Salon ● Oct. 30, 2025
But when I go to these cemeteries and take pictures of the gravestones, I’m not usually scared.
From Slate ● Oct. 24, 2024
The body was heavy, but it came without resistance, without even snagging on the half-buried gravestones.
From "The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage" by Philip Pullman
