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  • new york Prisoners' headstones in New York now humanized with names, not just ID numbers Rusty Blazenhoff
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  • racism Segregated facilities no longer explicitly banned in federal contracts Rob Beschizza
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    travel Take a trip to the Mountain Dew headstone in Johnson City, Tennessee: visit the resting place of the original bottle design Popkin
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  • real estate Real estate listing glosses over cemetery in the backyard Rusty Blazenhoff
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    censorship Church of England refuses to allow foreign language on a gravestone, calling it a "political statement" Thom Dunn
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  • architecture The Tombstone House was built with 2200 discarded gravestones Rusty Blazenhoff

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