First entry for Military Markers with Symbols

Thanks to Bob Price for sending in the first entry for this month's contest. He shares with us "..I came across this, again, in York, N.C. Thought Ya'll would like to see it.Wounded Knee was such a bad point in American History! The last "Victory" over the American Indians. The massacre was horrendous. The wonderful 7th Cavalry attacked a harmless Indian Village of women, children and old people. With Gatlin Guns/machine guns no less.
Notice how this stone glorifies the event. Just like the old Custer movies make him look like a hero."

Notice the cover of the gravestone which is an American flag that conveys victory; self-assertion; thought or ideal; identification and nationalism. Also, notice the swords which convey power and strength. Below the swords is the US Army Shield which also conveys power. Note the olive branches next to the swords which convey peace.

Another entry for Violent Deaths Contest

Gale Wall entered the following gravestone to:

Harry Morgan
Wildmead Cemetery
Nickerson, Reno County, KS

Harry Morgan, of Nickerson, a conductor on the A. T. & S. F. railroad, was shot by a laboring man on the train, while near Ellinwood. For further information, go to Gale's blog at: http://digitalcemeterywalk.blogspot.com/

Another Entry in the Violent Deaths Gravestones Contest

Kim Jacobson submitted this entry. The violent death tombstone is in the North Burial Ground in Providence, Rhode Island.


To the Memory of Mrs. Freelove Ball
Wife of Elijah Ball & daughter of Jonathan Mitchell of Block Island
She died April 18, 1836 from stabs inflicted with a knife
In her 44th year

The mother of nine children who all lived to deplore the loss of so excellent a mother.

Oh! Tis a trying thing to be bereft of life By the vile hand of him who called her Wife.

And those who read may thus infer from here
That this rash act sprang from intemperance.

Another entry for the Violent Deaths Grave Markers Contest

This marker also resides at Lakeview Cemetery in Cleveland, Ohio. It depicts the aftermath of the assassination of President James Garfield. It is one of five bas reliefs on the exterior of the Garfield Monument.

Another gravestone marking a violent death

Another entry sent in by Wynn Montgomery. It also resides at Lakeview Cemtery in Cleveland, Ohio. It memorializes the victims of the March 4, 1908 Collinwood School fire which killed 172 students, 2 teachers, and one rescuer.

Gravestone Related to a Violent Death

Wynn Montgomery sent in this image from Lakeview Cemetery in Cleveland, Ohio. It is for  Ray Chapman who played shortstop for the Cleveland Indians. He is the only Major League baseball player to be killed by a beanball. The pitch was thrown by Carl Mays of the New York Yankees in a game in August 1920.

Second Entry Relating to a Violent Death Description on a Gravestone

Wynn Montgomery submitted this entry of Captain James Estill monument from the Richmond (KY) Cemetery. It marks the grave of Captain James Estill who was killed in battle with Wyandotte at Little Mountain, Kentucky which is the present site of Mount Sterling. He died March 22, 1782. The image above is the marker and the image next to the description tells about Captain Estill's death.