Cemetery Symbols & Their Meanings

This video will explain the meaning behind some of the more popular symbols found on grave markers in cemeteries. Each symbol can tell you a lot more about the person who you are visiting while walking thru a cemetery. This will be sort of a quick reference guide.

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[chriscosby]

This was interesting Rhetty, many of these symbols I had never seen before. That is why old cemeteries are so fascinating, all the ornate markers.

[lonesomedovecall]

This was a beautiful piece of work! Enjoyed it on many different levels -- the symbols, the information, the photography, the music -- just great, all around, Rhetty!
I'm 51 - with no intentions of dying just yet, LOL - but I already have my grave marker set in a little country, road-side cemetery in the Berkshires in Western Mass where I'll be laid to rest with my three parents. My mom (still living) and step-father (now deceased) share one marker, and my biological father (also now deceased) and myself share another marker. My father was a huge fan of Jazz music so I had a musical note engraved in one corner for him, and I've been an animal lover my whole life so I had a paw print engraved in another corner for me.
I enjoy the more personal symbols on markers when I'm exploring cemeteries -- even though I don't know the people buried there, the symbols make it possible to take away a little factoid about their lives which I always appreciate.
🇺🇸 Happy Memorial Day! Have a great weekend!!!

[sissybrooks]

This was a really cool and interesting one. I was a hospice nurse for many years. I learned a couple new things; I will have to do some research. Thanks for this one.

[brendaholliday]

Rhett, I really appreciated this profound and heartfelt video about Cemetery Symbols and their Meanings. I loved how you included such a variety of cemetery symbols and I also enjoyed your background music to this story. Great investigating of your features on your channel, as always. Take care 🐎

[whiterabbit-wohw]

Rhett, that music was so fitting and the information valuable.
Thank you for posting such a powerful video.
It somber reminder of how short this life is.
Thank you.

[patricialenaburg]

I welcome all types of history, and knew a few of these, but as I get older, I need refreshment reminders. LOL Yes, I also love these old tombstone arts, it's amazing how talented these artist were. The epitaphs were also so unique, and haunting, at times. Thanks Rhetty.

[paulamcdowell]

This absolutely took my breath Bless You!

[dianemac]

Wonderfully peaceful video.. the music is calming for this and the research

[rachelwise]

Excellent video. I enjoyed learning symbols I did not understand. Cemeteries are a beautiful reminders of family and friends gone, but not forgotten. My family has tradition of visiting family graves several times a year. The Warren-Power cemetery we can start from the back of the cemetery and walk every row and tell a story of the community since the turn of the last century. The length is as long as a city block. Beautiful, peaceful place.

[Carolbearce]

Thank you so much for making this video. I love walking old cemeteries and this information is awesome.

[capricornone]

Thanks for clearing some of the grave marker nuisances that have had me puzzled for a while...Love your videos.. wait for the next one.. !

[maryclark]

Always excited when I see a new upload by you😁
Thanks for the great video👍🏻

[caroleroseburgh]

Hi Rhett 🙋🏽. I'M glad you DID that. Because I always wondered about some of them. Now I know ‼️ THANK YOU ‼️ have a great weekend ‼️😃🙋🏽.

[jacquelynjones]

Thanks again, Rhetty, for another good video! Nice to know all these meanings.

[sharonbartlett]

Well once again I have learned something. Thank you for sharing. Stay safe and God bless.

[jeannineroche]

Very interesting and informative. Thanks again, Rhetty always look forward to your videos.

[lesliehackney]

Thanks for another informative video. I never knew the significance of many of the symbols. It is nice to know what they stand for. Thanks again!

[harrybutler]

Thank you so much. I have often wondered what all those symbols meant. Now I know. Thanks again.

[jparr]

Cool informative video! There's a lot more interesting iconography on the old stones in the Northeast from the 1600s-1700s- a lot of them conveyed messages to a populace much less literate than today.

[Chiller]

Very interesting video since we spend a fair bit of time with you in historical cemeteries. Thanks for uploading.