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many of the headstones were for children who had died during the influenza epidemic
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But the company also has invisible enemies, and when the cemetery is vandalized—the systems hacked, the casket-cam headstones torn from their foundations—Karsh has a mystery on his hands.
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Justin Chang, New Yorker, 11 Apr. 2025
His sister Cortney wrote in a GoFundMe fundraiser to help pay for expenses and the boy's headstone that the Eric's older brother Steven died in 2023.
—David Chiu, People.com, 4 Mar. 2025
In the military section of the cemetery, Ukrainian flags flew over every headstone.
—Kim Barker, New York Times, 20 Feb. 2025
About 18 years ago, thick poison ivy covered 64 headstones in Staten Island’s Baron Hirsch Cemetery, including the one belonging to Beckie Neubauer, a 19-year-old Austrian immigrant who died in the Triangle shirtwaist factory fire.
—Maria Cramer, New York Times, 16 Feb. 2025
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Justin Chang, New Yorker, 11 Apr. 2025
His sister Cortney wrote in a GoFundMe fundraiser to help pay for expenses and the boy's headstone that the Eric's older brother Steven died in 2023.
—David Chiu, People.com, 4 Mar. 2025
In the military section of the cemetery, Ukrainian flags flew over every headstone.
—Kim Barker, New York Times, 20 Feb. 2025
About 18 years ago, thick poison ivy covered 64 headstones in Staten Island’s Baron Hirsch Cemetery, including the one belonging to Beckie Neubauer, a 19-year-old Austrian immigrant who died in the Triangle shirtwaist factory fire.
—Maria Cramer, New York Times, 16 Feb. 2025
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“Headstone.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/headstone. Accessed 23 Apr. 2025.
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headstone
noun
head·stone
-ˌstōn 
: a memorial stone placed at the head of a grave
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