Category Archives: Symbolism

Homemade grave markers come in all forms and are made of many different kinds of materials.  This grave marker in the St. Francis Catholic Cemetery in Phoenix, Arizona, is a Latin cross made of cement with intricately molded terracotta tiles … Continue reading →

Brenda Putnam (1890-1975), was a well-known 20th Century sculptor born in Minneapolis, Minnesota. She had impeccable training having studied at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston.  Putnam also studied with the famed artist, James Earle Fraser, … Continue reading →

Ecc’s. XII. 6, 7, V. “Then shall the dust return to the Earth as it was: and the spirit shall Return unto Go who gave it.” MARTHA A. WIFE OF LEWELLYN LODGE BORN JAN. 13, 1808: Died Aug. 24, 1877. … Continue reading →

BE JUST AND FEAR NOT WILLIAM DANIEL, JR. JUDGE OF THE SUPREME COURT OF APPEALS OF VIRGINIA FROM 1846 TO 1865. BORN NOVEMBER 26, 1806: DIED MARCH 29, 1873. The memory of the Just, is blessed. William Daniel, Jr. (November … Continue reading →

St. Joseph’s Cemetery in San Antonio has a variety of grave markers in the form of a cross—the universal symbol for Christianity.  The crosses come in many different styles, shapes from plain to very elaborate. HIER RUHT IN GOTT MARIA … Continue reading →

OUR MOTHER SARAH A. MILLER Born July 3, 1825. Died July 26, 1892. The rounded-top white marble tablet in the Stonewall Jackson Memorial Cemetery, in Lexington, Virginia, of Sarah A. Miller has turned gray as it has weathered.  The bas-relief … Continue reading →

Dominus spes mea. Zum Andenken an REV. PETER TARRILLION. Pfarrer von Fredericksburg. Geb. Zu Edlinger. Lothringen 1821. Zum Priestergeweitht in Calveston 1855. GEST. MAERZ 25, 19oo. R.I. P. The white marble gravestone of Reverend Peter Tarrillion in the St. Joseph … Continue reading →

The elaborately designed Neo-classical sarcophagi of James B. Oliver and Frances Oliver Johnson in the Allegheny Cemetery in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and the St. Paul’s Rock Creek Cemetery in Washington, D. C., respectively, are imbued with a profusion of symbolism. The … Continue reading →

Many great artist’s works can be found in North American cemeteries, including those sculpted by Daniel Chester French, Augustus Saint-Gaudens, Aldabert Volck, Felix Weihs de Weldon, Karl Bitter, Martin Milmore, Alexander Milne Calder, T. M. Brady, Albin Polasek, Harriet Whitney … Continue reading →