Bon Posted July 18, 2014 Share Posted July 18, 2014 I was up at the Mt Zion Historical Park last week. They added this monument since last year and there is money laying on it. Anyone know why people do this??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Foxfan Posted July 18, 2014 Share Posted July 18, 2014 "That's a good question"...Like politicians say when they don't know the answer....Is that some paper currency laying there? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bon Posted July 18, 2014 Author Share Posted July 18, 2014 yes, dollar bills. I've seen pics, bears, flowers, poems and other things on monuments, but never money. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fadedgenes Posted July 18, 2014 Share Posted July 18, 2014 Usually coins left on a stone or memorial have been left by a fellow serviceman. Others sometimes leave coins or small stones/pebbles to show the family that someone has visited. I enjoy visiting one grave where my parents are buried to see what is new. Young fellow who died in an accident, friends leave him a beer, can of Skoal, etc. Nice that he is being remembered. Bon 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dubois_15801 Posted July 20, 2014 Share Posted July 20, 2014 Coins, and sometimes small stones, are often left to let friends and family members know that the deceased was visited by someone who cared. Other reasons also include: 1. so that the deceased can pay the ferryman to cross the River Styx. 2. as a "down payment" to buy the fallen friend/family/comrade a beer in heaven, or where ever they ended up. 3. and I'm sure there are other reasons Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smith and wesson Posted July 20, 2014 Share Posted July 20, 2014 This tradition dates back to the Roman Empire. During and after the Vietnam war money was left as a "down payment for a beer or to play a game of cards" when reunited. A penny means someone visited grave, a nickel means that visitor was in book camp with deceased, a quarter means they were with this solider when he died. No idea a bout the bills. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
legal Posted July 20, 2014 Share Posted July 20, 2014 At the grave of Henry David Thoreau, there are notes, coins, poems and other trinkets. He died in 1862 and people still go to pay their respects. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lavender Posted July 20, 2014 Share Posted July 20, 2014 You should see the stuff left at Marie Laveau's tomb in New Orleans. People also mark it with these weird little x's. beautyandthebreakdown 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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