Learn more. AUGUSTA — Cemetery historian and author Ron Romano plans to give a presentation, “An Understanding Symbolism on Maine’s Early Gravestones,” at 10 a.m. Saturday, April 20.

Have fun. American Eagle ... Sleeping cherub: A symbol of innocence used primarily for the gravestones of infants or children. Swallow: Motherhood, the spirit of children, or a symbol of consolation.

The Naperville Cemetery gravestone for Judith and John Lee was made by Chicago sculptor Walter S. Arnold, an Elgin resident who was Judith’s first cousin. He wanted to incorporate symbols that ...

"The ABCs of Gravestone Symbols" is an alphabetized collection of gravestone symbols from the cemeteries of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Oregon, Florida, Kentucky, England and France. It contains ...

This week’s column is the fifth in a series listing gravestone symbols which designate that the interred person was a member of an organization. The Sons of the American Revolution is focused on ...

Now, more details about her gravestone have been released, and there's a special meaning behind the symbol on it. To recap, the late monarch was buried with her husband, the Duke of Edinburgh, as well ...

THE symbol “x”, signifying a kiss, was inappropriate for a headstone over a grave in consecrated ground, the Commissary Court of the diocese of Canterbury ruled, on a petition for a faculty to replace ...