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Message: <blockquote data-quote="JohnFrench" data-source="post: 151638" data-attributes="member: 6063"><p>The early headstones up in in Maine are mostly marble, most worn to beyond reading, probably from acid rain.  There are a few slate ones to that hold up well to the elements. But the granite ones (especially if polished) hold up the best, some over a 100 years old, look as if they were erected last week.  We have a couple local cemeteries I visit that date back to the early 1800's, late 1700's.</p></blockquote><p></p>