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It's traditional show of respect to leave a stone or a coin to show that a grave site has been visited.
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What is the meaning of leaving at penny at grave of military person?
It is good luck to leave a penny any where.
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The "take a penny, leave a penny" program is there for the convenience the customers.
Why are pennies put on a grave?
Leaving Pennies on a Grave There are many traditions that involve placing objects, specifically money, on graves. These traditions are usually regional or customary practices and do not necessarily have religious connotations. In American tradition, pennies are left on Benjamin Franklin's grave. There is a photo of his funeral in Philadelphia; his grave is adorned with pennies, no doubt placed there as a token by some of the 20,000 people that came that day to pay their respects. This custom was eventually associated with good luck and may have spread to graves in general in America. Some use pennies as a prayer token for the line "In God we trust" which appears on the American penny. Some people hold to the tradition of leaving something of yourself when visiting a grave. If nothing else, a coin from your pocket serves as a marker of your passage and esteem for the departed. It also signifies to any that pass by that the grave was visited, and that the deceased is well loved and esteemed and has not been abandoned or forgotten. Coins are also an older form of leaving flowers, a practice prompted by the heavy Romanticism of the Victorian era. Some believe that to leave a coin on a grave brings good luck. Students in some areas are known to leave pennies on the graves of their school's founder in the hopes of good luck with exams. Some are, perhaps unwittingly, mimicking the ancient tradition where gold coins were buried with the corpse in order to pay the toll charged by Charon, the boatman of the Underworld, for passage to the other side of the river Styx. It was considered impious not to leave this toll with the dead as it would condemn them to forever wander the shores without cease. It started as an old tradition to leave a penny at the grave site of a loved one as a gesture of deep love and missing. However, when tourists pay their respect to Benjamin Franklin, pennies dot his tombstone, as a local tradition claims that such a practice will bring the penny-tosser luck. Of course he is a a man famous for the line, "A penny saved, is a penny earned,".
Why leave a penny when visiting?
I heard that your service wasn't worth a cent!
What stains a penny?
Time and bacteria can sometimes leave marks on coins.
How can you tarnish a penny?
leave it in water 4 a long period of time
Why are pennies put on Ben Franklin's grave?
It is considered lucky. Many couples about to get married will kiss and toss a penny onto the grave for good fortune in marriage. I encourage you to read the articles at the links below. They are quite interesting.
What episode of the proud family did penny get a credit card?
The episode penny got a credit card on is Don't Leave Home Without It.
What cleans a penny best?
If you leave a penny in a jar of coca- cola it will clean it shine it up pretty good. I tried this with a really old penny and left it there for a week it looked like new
How do you get pennies shinier?
Barry Scott of 'Cillit Bang' (a household cleaning product) fame says that if you leave the penny is Cillit Bang for 15 seconds it will clean it. You can also leave the Penny is a glass of Coca Cola for a few hours. I've done that and it does work.
Why do people put pennies face down on John Wilkes Booth's grave?
because a quote a penny sold is a Penney spent
Why are there coins on Audie Murphy's headstone at Arlington National Cemetery?
A coin is a sign to family the gravesite had been visited. The legend of the coin deonominations is: A penny you means you visited. A nickel means you trained with him. A dime means you served with him. A quarter means you were there with him when he was killed. The money is collected at some point and used to help maintain the cemetery.
