Headstone found at Dickinson home (AP)

by Populux | November 3, 2006 at 12:06 pm
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AMHERST, Mass. - For Emily Dickinson, death was never too far from the imagination. The topic fueled her writing, making for some of the most memorable lyrics in American poetry. Now, death is posing a bit of a puzzle for the caretakers of her homestead. While making improvements to the grounds of the Emily Dickinson Museum on Halloween, workers unearthed the gravestone of one of the poet's relatives. But exactly what Gen. Thomas Gilbert's headstone was doing under 18 inches of dirt in Dickinson ...

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