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  2. Gravestone - Wikipedia

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    The stele (plural: stelae), as it is called in an archaeological context, is one of the oldest forms of funerary art.Originally, a tombstone was the stone lid of a stone coffin, or the coffin itself, and a gravestone was the stone slab (or ledger stone) that was laid flat over a grave.

  3. Monumental masonry - Wikipedia

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    Generally gravestones are highly polished with detailed engraving of text and symbols. Some memorials are more elaborate and may involve the sculpture of symbols associated with death, such as angels, hands joined in prayer, and vases of flowers. Some specially-made stones feature artistic lettering by letter cutters.

  4. Find a Grave - Wikipedia

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    Find a Grave is a website that allows the public to search and add to an online database of human and pet cemetery records. It is owned by Ancestry.com.Its stated mission is "to help people from all over the world work together to find, record and present final disposition information as a virtual cemetery experience."

  5. List of memorials and monuments at Arlington National Cemetery

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    There are over 300,000 headstones and hundreds of memorials at Arlington National Cemetery. Arlington House itself is a memorial to George Washington.The son of Martha Dandridge Custis Washington, John Parke Custis purchased the 1,100-acre (450 ha) tract of wooded land on the Potomac River north of Alexandria, Virginia in 1778.

  6. List of national memorials of the United States - Wikipedia

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    National memorial is a designation in the United States for an officially recognized area that memorializes a historic person or event. [1] As of September 2020 the National Park Service (NPS), an agency of the Department of the Interior, owns and administers thirty-one memorials as official units and provides assistance for five more, known as affiliated areas, that are operated by other ...

  7. List of Confederate monuments and memorials in Georgia

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    Dalton: Two memorials to CSA Gen. Joseph E. Johnston: Johnson statue (1912) in downtown Dalton. The UDC commissioned Belle Kinney to sculpt the bronze statue, in which Johnston is posed with "an expression of deep thought, with his sword resting at his feet". Kinney explained, "General Johnston, in command of an army vastly inferior in numbers ...

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