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Sarah Bowman, The Indianapolis Star, 12 June 2024
Biden wrapped up a five-day trip to France by visiting a cemetery for American soldiers killed in World War I that Trump skipped during a similar trip in 2018.
—Maya King, New York Times, 10 June 2024
Trump had been scheduled to visit the cemetery in Nov. 2018, on the 100th anniversary of the end of World War I.
—Tamara Keith, NPR, 9 June 2024
Visit Bayeux to learn about the Bayeux Tapestry (which tells the tale of the Norman Conquest of England) before striking out on one of the many tours of the D-Day Landing Beaches, museums and cemeteries that set off from the area.
—Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 5 June 2024
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“Cemetery.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cemetery. Accessed 27 Jun. 2024.
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cemetery
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Middle English cimitery "cemetery," from early French cimiterie (same meaning), from Latin coemeterium "cemetery," from Greek koimētērion "sleeping chamber, burial place," from koiman "to put to sleep"
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