The Old Guard transports the flag-draped casket of the second Sergeant Major of the Army George W. Dunaway who was buried with full military honors at Arlington National Cemetery
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The tradition of leaving coins on military headstones on Memorial Day: What each denomination means
The Old Guard transports the flag-draped casket of the second Sergeant Major of the Army George W. Dunaway who was buried with full military honors at Arlington National Cemetery
The tradition of leaving coins on military headstones on Memorial Day: What each denomination means
Coins have long been used as a way to pay respect to the dead, particularly to soldiers, throughout the ages. It is a well-known tale that the ancient Greeks left a coin in the mouths of the deceased so that Charon, the ferryman of the rivers Styx and Acheron in Greek mythology, could navigate their souls to the underworld
How America’s wars created a day of remembrance and influenced our coinage
Foreground: Reverse of a 1995 Proof silver dollar in honor of Civil War Battlefield preservation. (U