Tombstone Tuesday-Gate Symbol

A gate inscribed on a tombstone symbolizes the passageway from this life to the next. The passageway from one realm to another. The gate is open and the path leads to heaven.

Gate symbol, Zion Lutheran Cemetery, Schumm, Ohio

Gate symbol, Woodland Cemetery, Van Wert, Ohio.

A guiding star may lead the way.

Gate symbol, Ridge Slater Cemetery, Van Wert County, Ohio

Gate symbol, Zion Lutheran Cemetery, Chattanooga, Mercer County, Ohio

Gate symbol, Catholic Cemetery, Celina, Mercer County, Ohio

Sometimes the open gate shows the way to the Heavenly City in the clouds.

Greenbriar Cemetery, Van Wert County, Ohio

Woodland Cemetery, Van Wert, Ohio

There are not many gates at cemetery entrances anymore, but they were common at one time.

Old iron fence & gate, Zion Lutheran Cemetery, Chattanooga, Mercer County, Ohio

Gate, Harmony Mennonite Cemetery, Harmony, PA

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