We are all familiar with tombstones, the permanent memorials that mark the final resting places of our loved ones. What we don’t see as often in cemeteries in this part of the country are footstones.
Tag: Tombstone art
May 14
Tombstone Tuesday-Chi Rho Symbol
This is the Chi Rho symbol, a Christian symbol for the Greek word ΧΡΙΣΤΟΣ, Christos, which means Christ.
May 07
Tombstone Tuesday-Dogwood Flower
Flowers are commonly carved on tombstones. This flower is the dogwood flower.
Mar 29
Good Friday 2024
Today is Good Friday, remembering the day Jesus suffered and died on the cross for us.
Dec 19
Tombstone Tuesday-Grange Symbol
We were going through a cemetery a couple weeks ago and Joe noticed this unusual symbol on a tombstone. I knew this inscription was out there on some tombstone somewhere, but I had never come across one before. The P of H on the inscription gave it away.
Karen Miller Bennett, Certified Genealogist®, Retired 2024
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