Hi Everyone, Sorry this is being posted after Memorial Day but for future visits please read. A coin left on a headstone or at the grave site is meant as a message to the deceased soldiers family that someone else has visited the grave to pay respect. Leaving a penny at the grave means simply that you visited. A nickel indicates that you and the deceased trained at boot camp together, while a dime means you served with him in some capacity. By leaving a quarter at the grave, you are telling the family that you were with the solider when he was killed. According to tradition, the money left at graves in national cemeteries and state veterans cemeteries is eventually collected, and the funds are put toward maintaining the cemetery or paying burial costs for indigent veterans. Read more: ehow/info_8429911_there-coins-headstones-cemetery.html#ixzz32uRElDEo
Posted on: Tue, 27 May 2014 10:26:52 +0000
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