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we love to tour old cemeteries and read the hauntingly poetic inscriptions on the gravestones
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Services at the gravestones of Henrik Ibsen and Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson are among many that take place before 9am.
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David Nikel, Forbes, 8 Mar. 2025
Nineteenth-century gravestones that turned out to be half-buried had surprises waiting just below the surface, such as sculptures of squirrels and dragons that looked unfamiliar on Polish Jewish graves, said Wrzosinski.
—Shira Li Bartov, Sun Sentinel, 27 Feb. 2025
In a wooded cemetery in Munich, a white sticker with a puzzling QR code appeared on a gravestone late last year.
—Lynsey Chutel, New York Times, 20 Feb. 2025
Quentin Tarantino just erected a gravestone for moviemaking.
—Samantha Bergeson, IndieWire, 28 Jan. 2025
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David Nikel, Forbes, 8 Mar. 2025
Nineteenth-century gravestones that turned out to be half-buried had surprises waiting just below the surface, such as sculptures of squirrels and dragons that looked unfamiliar on Polish Jewish graves, said Wrzosinski.
—Shira Li Bartov, Sun Sentinel, 27 Feb. 2025
In a wooded cemetery in Munich, a white sticker with a puzzling QR code appeared on a gravestone late last year.
—Lynsey Chutel, New York Times, 20 Feb. 2025
Quentin Tarantino just erected a gravestone for moviemaking.
—Samantha Bergeson, IndieWire, 28 Jan. 2025
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“Gravestone.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gravestone. Accessed 14 Mar. 2025.
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gravestone
noun
grave·stone
ˈgrāv-ˌstōn 
: a burial monument
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