Coins on Headstones and Monuments - 03/16/24
Interesting bit of trivia regarding these little donations for the deceased.
Supposedly it’s a carry over from Ancient Rome, where the customs was to put coins in the mouths of dead soldiers so they would have money to pay the ferryman on the River Styx.
I don’t usually do it at headstones. I seldom visit a cemetery. For me it’s just an empty hole in the ground. The people I care about are with Christ and their Father above, and the memories and love of them resides in my heart.
Anyway though, With the beginning of warmer weather, I’m thinking about making a day trip to Gettysburg because I think it’s helpful to see the terrain minus the leaves and vegetation of full summer.
I do wish to hell they would reopen Little Round Top. It kinda ridiculous to close that whole area for close to two years. I understand upkeep and erosion control, but seriously? GMAFB.🤬
Studying the Devils Den and Houcks Ridge area, and the terrain around Willoboughy Run area too, helps one to understand how and why the units moved as they did, and how the battle developed.
Boots on the ground, as the saying goes!
But I always leave a penny at Old Pete’s monument and the Lee Virginia monument , The statue of WS Hancock on Cemetery Hill and I leave a nickel on the First Army Corps monument because that was my unit when I was a soldier.
The custom is you leave a penny as a tribute, showing your respect. A nickel denotes you served in the same unit as the deceased, a dime means you served together with the man, and a quarter means you were there when the soldier actually died.
Supposedly it’s picked up after a time, and used for upkeep of the grounds.
Arlington donates it for homeless veterans.
Reon
Supposedly it’s a carry over from Ancient Rome, where the customs was to put coins in the mouths of dead soldiers so they would have money to pay the ferryman on the River Styx.
I don’t usually do it at headstones. I seldom visit a cemetery. For me it’s just an empty hole in the ground. The people I care about are with Christ and their Father above, and the memories and love of them resides in my heart.
Anyway though, With the beginning of warmer weather, I’m thinking about making a day trip to Gettysburg because I think it’s helpful to see the terrain minus the leaves and vegetation of full summer.
I do wish to hell they would reopen Little Round Top. It kinda ridiculous to close that whole area for close to two years. I understand upkeep and erosion control, but seriously? GMAFB.🤬
Studying the Devils Den and Houcks Ridge area, and the terrain around Willoboughy Run area too, helps one to understand how and why the units moved as they did, and how the battle developed.
Boots on the ground, as the saying goes!
But I always leave a penny at Old Pete’s monument and the Lee Virginia monument , The statue of WS Hancock on Cemetery Hill and I leave a nickel on the First Army Corps monument because that was my unit when I was a soldier.
The custom is you leave a penny as a tribute, showing your respect. A nickel denotes you served in the same unit as the deceased, a dime means you served together with the man, and a quarter means you were there when the soldier actually died.
Supposedly it’s picked up after a time, and used for upkeep of the grounds.
Arlington donates it for homeless veterans.
Reon