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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Graig Graziosi

Family told it must remove brothers’ gravestone after it was deemed ‘inappropriate’

A Colorado cemetery is forcing a family to remove an "inappropriate" headstone bearing images of upraised middle fingers.

The headstone has been in Evergreen Cemetery in Colorado Springs for five years, marking the final resting place of brothers Timothy and Ryan Geschke. The sisters of the interred, Heidi and Holly Geschke, were recently informed that the headstone designer was told to cover up images of raised middle fingers on the gravestone with black tape.

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