What Do Those Coins Left On Soldiers’ Graves Actually Mean?
The seemingly endless rows of white marble sprawling across Arlington’s rolling green hills are perfectly uniform. Each row is measured so precisely that not a single plot is askew.
Unlike the crosses and Stars of David that fill the American cemetery at Normandy, the Danby marble headstones that border the Pentagon and the Potomac are all the same shape. Only the names and service details etched into the slabs make the otherwise identical markers unique. That, and the occasional coins left resting on top of a select few. The story behind those mysterious coins is steeped in legend.
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Unlike the crosses and Stars of David that fill the American cemetery at Normandy, the Danby marble headstones that border the Pentagon and the Potomac are all the same shape. Only the names and service details etched into the slabs make the otherwise identical markers unique. That, and the occasional coins left resting on top of a select few. The story behind those mysterious coins is steeped in legend.
Continue reading: https://coffeeordie.com/coins-soldiers-graves/
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#military
#gravecoins
#memorial
#blackriflecoffee
#coffeeordie
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