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Nearly 90% of House Republicans voted to restore a Confederate memorial at Arlington National Cemetery
Last year, the memorial was removed from Arlington Cemetery as part of a push to rethink military i…
John L. Dorman
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An Arlington Cemetery memorial that depicts a 'nostalgic' version of the Confederacy will be removed imminently over GOP objections
Descendants of the statue's sculptor, a Confederate soldier, have said the monument was designed to…
Katie Balevic
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House Republicans urge Pentagon to block removal of a Confederate memorial from Arlington National Cemetery
A group of more than 40 Republican lawmakers want to stop the Pentagon from removing a controversia…
Nathan Rennolds
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Living, sleeping, and just barely scraping by alongside the dead in a Philippine cemetery
Caretakers sell food, candles, and clean tombstones to make money at Carreta Cemetery, Cebu.Mariell…
Marielle Descalsota
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Funerals in China cost so much money that Beijing is encouraging digital cemeteries
Beijing is encouraging digital burials in favor of traditional ones as urban land becomes increasin…
Lakshmi Varanasi
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The scandal over a standing ovation for a Nazi veteran is now raising questions about a cemetery monument in Canada that honors his Waffen SS unit
The monument in Oakville, around 25 miles from Toronto, honors the 14th Waffen SS division, which Y…
Matthew Loh
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From separate hotels to cemeteries, striking historical photos show what segregation looked like in Jim Crow-era America
Throughout the 18th and 19th centuries, segregation laws, also known as Jim Crow laws, were instate…
Brianna Holt
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Disturbing video shows a brawl breaking out in a UK cemetery as warring families brandish machetes, hammers, and baseball bats
Two people were left seriously injured after a violent brawl broke out between two families at a ce…
Sophia Ankel
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The remains of 328 graves were found after supposedly 'relocated' Black cemeteries were paved over in Florida
CBS reported the city of Clearwater has been reckoning with its history of segregation as the remai…
Katherine Tangalakis-Lippert
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How gravestones are deep cleaned
This is how cemetery conservator Alicia Williams, better known on TikTok as Lady Taphos, cleans gra…
Kiki Sideris
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A glass house in one of London's oldest cemeteries is on sale for $8.3 million, and the agent selling it knows it's not everyone's cup of tea
The Gray House is located on the outer edges of Highgate Cemetery in London.Knight Frank
Maria Noyen
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Sandy Hook mom says hoax believers stalked the cemetery after her husband died by suicide for signs his death was faked
Jen Hensel, who lost her daughter Avielle in the 2012 Sandy Hook shooting, testified Wednesday in t…
Ashley Collman
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A New England woman says cleaning graves and giving the dead their names back is her 'therapeutic' outlet
Caitlin Abrams, a self-identifying taphophile, first started cleaning gravestones in Vermont in 202…
Maria Noyen
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Gravedigging badgers in an English cemetery are causing the bereaved heartache
The Protection of Badgers Act stops the local council from removing the animals digging up graves i…
Bethany Dawson
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An 18th-century Indigenous cemetery in Texas is back in tribe's hands
The Presidio City Council voted to transfer the land back into the hands of the Lipan Apache Tribe …
Rebecca Cohen
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A property flipper bought a historic Black cemetery after the city of Tampa unexpectedly lost control of the property in a blind auction. The city's mayor 'may as well have spit on those graves,' preservationist says.
Preservationist Aileen Henderson told Insider the history of selling Black bodies is "repeating its…
Katherine Tangalakis-Lippert
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Biden honors fallen service members, defends 'right to vote freely and fairly' in Memorial Day speech
"Democracy thrives, and the infrastructure of democracy is strong, when people have the right to vo…
John L. Dorman
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Delhi's largest Muslim cemetery is running out of space as India's COVID-19 death toll reaches a record high
We visited Delhi's largest Muslim cemetery, which is running out of space as India records the high…
Havovi Cooper,Bhat Burhan,Adam Miller
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Biden gets emotional during visit to Arlington National Cemetery after announcing Afghanistan withdrawal
"Look at them all," Biden said, while visiting Section 60 of Arlington National Cemetery, where man…
John Haltiwanger
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As Putin drummed up anti-Nazi rhetoric on Victory Day, Ukraine said Russia bombed out a Jewish cemetery
A top Ukrainian official said the shelling happened on Sunday, a day in Russia and Ukraine meant fo…