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Article: Grave commentary.(epitaphs)
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- The World and I
- Article date:
- March 1, 2007
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Sometimes they're chiseled in marble or granite, often they're cast in bronze, and in the Old West, especially, they were carved or scrawled on a scrap piece of wood. Epitaphs--grave commentaries--are enduring statements about those buried beneath them. Call them headstones, gravestones, or tombstones they essentially mean the same thing--a plaque of some sort that describes in one way or another the person buried there.
Most modern-day epitaphs are kind, positive and upbeat. They typically describe some positive attribute or attributes of the deceased: "Loving son, father and grandfather," "Heart of the family," "He died a hero," and so on. But that hasn't ...