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"Preserving the memories and incidents"...
A military tradition of leaving coins on the headstones of military men and women can be traced as far as the Roman Empire. Soldiers would leave coins with the fallen soldier to ensure they could cross the "River Styx" into the afterlife.
Today, service members and veterans carry on this tradition by leaving a coin in honor of their fallen comrades-in-arms. The significance of each coin is specific in meaning.
Penny
A visitation
Nickle
Trained
Together.
Dime
Served
Together.
Quarter
Together at the time of death.
Over 43,000 graves are located at the Fort Bliss National Cemetery as the final resting place for our nation's heroes and their spouses. Periodically, the national cemetery will find coins on headstones and will contact the next of kin to deliver these mementos to the loved ones. In some cases, the remaining caches of coins will go to the beautification of the cemetery with foliage to keep this sacred ground a living memorial.
Part of the maintenance of the cemetery is collecting tributes such as flowers, coins, balloons, and wreaths; the caretakers request that tokens, such as coins be placed at the base of the grave markers to prevent marks on the stones or markers.
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