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2. Immortelle (cemetery) - Wikipedia

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   Ceramic Immortelle, Mt Beppo Apostolic Cemetery, 2005. An immortelle is a long-lasting flower arrangement placed on graves in cemeteries.. They were originally made from natural dried flowers (which lasted longer than fresh flowers) or could be made from artificial materials such as china and painted plaster of paris or beads strung on wire arrangements.

3. Monumental masonry - Wikipedia

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   The headstone is typically arranged after the burial. The choice of materials (typically a long-lasting kind of stone, such as marble or granite) and the style and wording of the inscription is negotiated between the monumental mason and the family members. Because of the emotional significance of the headstone to the family members, monumental ...

4. Talking Gravestones of Amrum - Wikipedia

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   Other designs include a Dutch windmill on the gravestone of the seafarer and later miller Erk Knudten (1733–1801), and a man in a Sunday suit on the marker of the church sacristan Hark Knudten. [11] Flowers on gravestones are thought to represent a full life, although broken stalks denote relatives of the deceased that had died earlier. [12]

5. Gravestone - Wikipedia

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   Captain Andrew Drake (1684–1743) sandstone gravestone from the Stelton Baptist Church in Edison, New Jersey. A gravestone or tombstone is a marker, usually stone, that is placed over a grave. A marker set at the head of the grave may be called a headstone. An especially old or elaborate stone slab may be called a funeral stele, stela, or slab.

6. Talking Gravestones of Föhr - Wikipedia

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   The tombstone of a husband and wife in the cemetery of Süderende The cemetery of Nieblum The cemetery of Boldixum The texts on most gravestones are exclusively written in the "noble" church language of Standard German ( Hochdeutsch ) [ 8 ] although the island then used to belong to Denmark and the everyday-language was Fering , a local dialect ...

7. United States Department of Veterans Affairs emblems for ...

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   The following emblems and emblem numbers are publicized as available for government headstones and markers as of January 2025. [9] A process is in place to consider approving additional religious or belief system emblems requested by the families of individuals eligible for these headstones and markers.