Epitaph facts for kids
An epitaph is a short text honouring a deceased person. Strictly speaking, it is text that is carved on a tombstone or plaque. Usually it gives the person’s name and dates of birth and death. Some epitaphs say what the person did, and other things. Some people write their own epitaphs before they die.
Images for kids
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Epitaph on the base of the Haymarket Martyrs' Monument, Waldheim Cemetery, Forest Park, Illinois
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Ledger stone with epitaph in ledger lines of Sir John Harsyck (d.1384), South Acre Church, Norfolk
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Epitaph painted by Guidon Reni, for the knight van Ertborn de Witte
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Epitaph for heart of Frédéric Chopin
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Grave of W. B. Yeats; Drumecliff, Co. Sligo
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Lengthy epitaph for Johann Wauer a (German pastor), died 1728, concluding with a short Biblical quotation
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The epitaph on voice actor Mel Blanc's tombstone
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Inscription at Heather O'Rourke's crypt
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Ezzatollah Sahabi, Glory of Iran and his patriotic daughter Haleh
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A folksy epitaph to an English village blacksmith in Houghton, Cambridgeshire, UK
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The gravestone of comedian, writer and actor Spike Milligan showing the notable epitaph
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Grave of Mary Kay Bergman, at Forest Lawn Memorial Park (Hollywood Hills). Note that it features etchings of characters she voiced on South Park.
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The epitaph of the preacher Berthold de Wyrbna (Dominican) from 1316 in Szprotawa, the oldest tombstone in Silesia, Poland.
See also
In Spanish: Epitafio para niños
