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many of the headstones were for children who had died during the influenza epidemic
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It was included in her original etching on the headstone, which was designed by one of DeRouen’s other sisters.
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Zoey Lyttle, Peoplemag, 3 May 2024
Meanwhile, Blue lay in an unmarked grave in Louisville’s Eastern Cemetery until 2022, when Ms. Woods had a headstone installed.
—Jingnan Peng, The Christian Science Monitor, 26 Apr. 2024
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Zoey Lyttle, Peoplemag, 3 May 2024
Meanwhile, Blue lay in an unmarked grave in Louisville’s Eastern Cemetery until 2022, when Ms. Woods had a headstone installed.
—Jingnan Peng, The Christian Science Monitor, 26 Apr. 2024
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“Headstone.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/headstone. Accessed 29 May. 2024.
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headstone
noun
head·stone
-ˌstōn 
: a memorial stone placed at the head of a grave
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