Leaving a Coin on a Grave

[31FordA]

Every year I put a piece of coal on my Dad's grave. The two of us went to the big steam tractor show at the Rough & Tumble Engineers museum in Kinzers, Pa every August, it was something we looked forward to every year. After Dad passed away I started picking up a small piece of coal from the coal pile and taking it to his grave. There's a half dozen pieces of coal on the grave stone now (there was no event in '20), I'm sure it has puzzled a few people why all that coal is there.

When we visited the remains of my grandmothers home in Ireland in 2000 Dad brought back several stones from the wall. He glued one of them to her grave stone when we got back.

 

[S&W Fan]

This was on Memorial Day. I met Danny's mom there prior to the ceremony-the first since the pandemic. There were coins from pennies to a quarter.

 

[BigBelle]

Never heard of it.

 

[bigmtnman]

I always wondered about the "why" of the coins. This is near to Patsy's grave in Winchester, Va.

 

[mike4sigs]

Always a cold Budweiser for dad when I visit.

Sorry for the Third Thread Jack but i Am thinking A Shot of Beam with Dad going to happen this Fathers Day

 

[M1Garandy]

It has been a tradition since at least the Korean War to put a nickel on a fighter pilots grave. "Throw a nickel on the grass, save a fighter pilots ***" as the song goes.

 

[mtgianni]

At the Bear Paw Battlefield, about 40 miles South of Chinook, MT there is plenty of memorabilia left on the spots Natives are said to have fallen. Less on the US soldiers sites.
If you want to visit a lonely, out of the way memorial to Chief Joseph's march, I recommend this one.