Cemetery and Grave Symbolism

Cemetery Symbols*
Found in Forest Lawn Cemetery, Buffalo, NY.
Symbols are objects that carry secondary meaning. Usually they represent abstract concepts or ideologies of a particular culture so understanding them depends on the viewer's knowledge of that culture.
ah.bfn.org/a/forestL/symbols

Funerary Symbolism
While families chose the tomb type and style to be constructed, they also chose the symbols they wanted to adorn the tomb or be inscribed on the enclosure tablet.
www.saveourcemeteries.org/cemeteries/symbols.htm

Glossary of Victorian Cemetery Symbolism
Animals, Body Parts, Geometric Symbolism, Objects, Plants.
www.vintageviews.org/vv-tl/pages/Cem_Symbolism.htm

Gravestone Symbolism
Anchor, Angel, Arch, Bible or Book, Bird, Bones, Broken Bud or Branch, Chicken or Rooster, Circle, Clapsed Hands, and more.
www.graveaddiction.com/symbol.html