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From: "Trevia W Beverly" <>
Subject: Re: [APG] headstone question
Date: Wed, 2 Feb 2005 08:22:56 -0600
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As already mentioned, the appropriate term is, indeed, cenotaph. I believe
the custom originated when men of the sea did not come home for burial.
However, the largest number of these will be found in the Congressional
Cemetery in Washington, D.C. since our elected officials seem to wish a
reminder there in D.C. but their bodies taken home to the state they served
from. There is a very nice booklet on this but I don't seem to be able to
put my hands on it at the moment (book shelves need a shelf check!).
There is also one at our Alamo, several at the state cemetery in Austin,
etc.
Trevia Wooster Beverly
Houston, Harris County, Texas

----- Original Message -----
From: "Elissa Scalise Powell, CGRS" <>
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Sent: Tuesday, February 01, 2005 9:00 PM
Subject: RE: [APG] headstone question


> I usually call it a memorial monument, but there may be other terms as
well.
>
> -- Elissa
>
> Elissa Scalise Powell, CGRS
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> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Marcia A. Rice [mailto:]
> > Sent: Tuesday, February 01, 2005 9:23 PM
> >
> > Does anyone know the answer to this question? "Is there a term used to
> > denote a headstone without a grave or ashes in a cemetery?" M. Rice
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