Historic Headstones and Graves

Photographs of various historical gravestones from cemeteries in the US and Europe, showing unique inscriptions, designs, and notable figures from different eras.

US, SC, Charleston, Grounds of French Huguenot Church (1845), Tombstones mark crypts in brick wall
US, SC, Charleston, Grounds of French Huguenot Church (1845), Tombstones mark crypts in brick wall
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Commemoration plaque for homing pigeon at the First World War One Fort de Vaux at Vaux-Devant-Damloup, Lorraine, Battle of Verdun, France, Europe
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Grave marker for G. Leon, one of sixty avalanche victims killed April 3, 1898 on the Chilkoot Trail, and Noscitur who was shot in the Mountains, Slide Cemetery, Dyea, Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park, Alaska.
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a marker stone in Westphalia, Germany commemorates the treaty of Versailles.
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Grave of Georg Friedrich Wilhelm Hegel Dorotheenstaedtischer Friedhof Berlin Germany
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Robert Francis Kennedy (1925-1964). Attorney General of the United States (1961-1964). Grave in Arlington National Cemetery. United States.
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Blick auf das Hiroshima Monument am Beueler Rheinufer in Bonn-Beul am 14.09.2024 *** View at the Hiroshima Monument on Beueler Rhine bank in Bonn Beul on 14 09 2024 1089914313
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USA, Massachusetts, Salem Witch Trials Memorial, memorial to person convicted of witchcraft during the Salem Witch Trials of 1692-1693
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Israel, Jerusalem, Old City, Mt. Zion, gravesite of Oskar Schindler, Christian businessman who saved the lives of Jews during the Holocaust, 1939-1945
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Whitehouse TX - 11. März 2025: Whitehouse City Cemetery in Whitehouse, TX Whitehouse TX - 11. März 2025: Whitehouse City Cemetery in Whitehouse, TX LicenseRF Copyright: xZoonar.com/LorixMartinx 23387243
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COSA, Juan de la (Santoña, h.1460-1509). Marino y cartógrafo español. Se unió a Colón en su primer y segundo viaje a América. Autor de CARTA DE MAREAR DE LAS INDIAS (mapamundi) (1500). Monumento en su memoria, 1998, obra de José María Porta de la Lama. Santoña. Cantabria. España.
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France, Paris, grave of Jean Paul Sarte and Simone de Beauvouir
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Canada,Canadian,North America Grosse Ile,Irish Memorial National historical Site,immigration quarantine island 1832 1937,cemetery,Canada070711071
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Tyler TX - December 25, 2023: Grave of Cult Leader David Koresh Located in Tyler, TX Tyler TX - December 25, 2023: Grave of Cult Leader David Koresh Located in Tyler, Texas Copyright: xZoonar.com/LorixMartinx 21569908
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Plaque marking Paul Revere's goldsmith shop, Boston , Plaques, Historical markers. Edmund L. Mitchell Collection
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A851075 SAFEGUARD BAKER SITE CONTROL BOX EUGENE W ZUCUSKIE (Project Engineer) JUN 11 85 EG&G/NTS PHOTO LAB Publication Date: 6/11/1985 BAKER SITE CONTROL BOX; CONTROL BOX; EDGERTON, GERMESHAUSEN & GRIER; EG&G; FENCES; FENCES, CHAIN LINKED; MEMORIAL FENCE; NEVADA; NEVADA TEST SITE; NTS; NUCLEAR ENERGY TECHNOLOGY; SAFEGARDS; SAFEGUARDS; TEST SITES historical images. 1972 - 2012. Department of Energy. National Nuclear Security Administration. Photographs Related to Nuclear Weapons Testing at the Nevada Test Site.
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Grave Friedrich Bartels, Memorial of the Socialists, Central Cemetery Friedrichsfelde, Gudrunstrasse, Lichtenberg, Berlin, Germany, Europe
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Semaphore Cuxhaven at the Alte Liebe, shows wind direction and wind force at Borkum and Helgoland, Cuxhaven, Bremen, Germany, Europe
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North Carolina, Kill Devil Hills, Wright Brothers National Memorial, stone marker for the first successful manned flight
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Harry Graf Kessler, grave, Alter St.-Matthaeus-Kirchhof, Schoeneberg, Berlin, Germany, Europe
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010519-F-0848C-004. Base: Honolulu State: Hawaii (HI) Country: United States Of America (USA)
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Mitchell's headstone , Tombs & sepulchral monuments. Edmund L. Mitchell Collection
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Ireland, Drumcliffe. Close-up of headstone on grave of famous poet W.B. Yeats.
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The Jewish Holocaust Memorial, designed by Kenneth Treister in memory of all Jews that were lost in the Holocaust. Wall of names.
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Gravesite of a murdered family in the cemetery. 642 inhabitants, including woman and children, massacred by a German Waffen SS company on 10 June 1944, Limousin, France, Europe
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Ireland, County Sligo, Drumcliff, grave of poet WB Yeats
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USA, Massachusetts, Sudbury, stone road marker
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Foreign Affairs Day 2005 ceremonies, speeches, award presentations. Events included a ceremony at the American Foreign Service Association's (AFSA) Memorial Plaque, in the Harry S. Truman Building's C Street Lobby, honoring foreign service officers who died in the line of duty. AFSA President John Limbert, Under Secretary for Political Affairs R. Nicholas Burns, and other officials delivered remarks, as three new entries on the plaque the names of James Mollen and Edward Seitz, of U.S. Embassy Baghdad, and John O'Grady, of U.S. Consulate in Brisbane were unveiled.
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Grab Frank Beyer, Dorotheenstaedtischer Friedhof, Chausseestrasse, Mitte, Berlin, Deutschland
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Foreign Affairs Day 2005 ceremonies, speeches, award presentations. Events included a ceremony at the American Foreign Service Association's (AFSA) Memorial Plaque, in the Harry S. Truman Building's C Street Lobby, honoring foreign service officers who died in the line of duty. AFSA President John Limbert, Under Secretary for Political Affairs R. Nicholas Burns, and other officials delivered remarks, as three new entries on the plaque the names of James Mollen and Edward Seitz, of U.S. Embassy Baghdad, and John O'Grady, of U.S. Consulate in Brisbane were unveiled.
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USA, MISSISSIPPI, Oxford: Gravesite of William Faulkner / writer
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John Wayne footprints and signature Hollywood