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    • Home
    • About Us
    • Choosing a Memorial
    • Styles
    • Granite Colors
    • Portfolio
      • Markers
      • Slants
      • Uprights
      • Ledgers
      • Distinctive Designs
      • Bronze
      • Children
      • Orthodox
      • Niches
      • Plaques
      • Benches
      • Coping
      • Pet Memorials
    • Services
    • Testimonials
    • RESOURCES
      • Symbols
      • Epitaphs
  • Home
  • About Us
  • Choosing a Memorial
  • Styles
  • Granite Colors
  • Portfolio
    • Markers
    • Slants
    • Uprights
    • Ledgers
    • Distinctive Designs
    • Bronze
    • Children
    • Orthodox
    • Niches
    • Plaques
    • Benches
    • Coping
    • Pet Memorials
  • Services
  • Testimonials
  • RESOURCES
    • Symbols
    • Epitaphs

Symbols & Their Meaning

  • Anchor: Symbol of Hope
  • Angel: A guide to heaven
  • Arch: Triumphant entry into heaven, or a victory over death
  • Arrow: Mortality or martyrdom
  • Beehive: Abundance in heaven, piety, domestic virtue, or faith
  • Bell: A symbol of religious faith
  • Bird: Eternal life, spirituality, or peace
  • Bleeding Heart: Symbol of Grief, Bereavement
  • Blue Bell: Floral Symbol of Constancy, Sorrowful Regret
  • Book: A symbol of the Bible, or the deceased’s lifetime accomplishments
  • Burning flame: Eternal life or resurrection
  • Butterfly: Resurrection
  • Calla Lily: Floral Symbol for Sympathy and Zeal
  • Celtic cross: Faith and eternity
  • Circle: Eternity, life never ending
  • Clematis: Symbol of Mental Beauty
  • Clouds: A symbol of heaven
  • Columbine: Floral Symbol for Gentleness
  • Cross: Symbol of faith and resurrection
  • Crown: Glory of life after death
  • Crown of Roses or Garland: Floral Symbol for Reward of Virtue
  • Daffodil: Symbol of Desire, Regard
  • Daisy: Floral Symbol of Innocence and Hope
  • Dove:  Love, purity, resurrection, or the Holy Spirit 
  • Eagle: Common with Civil War-era gravestones
  • Festoon of Flowers:  Floral Symbol for Memory
  • Finger (pointing downward): Calling the earth to witness
  • Finger (pointing upward): Pathway to heaven, or that the deceased found a heavenly reward
  • Fish: Symbolizes spiritual nourishment, faith, or that the deceased was a Christian
  • Flower: Immortality
  • Flying bird: Rebirth
  • Fruit and Vine: Symbolic of the Personality of Jesus Christ
  • Garland: Victory over death
  • Gladiolus: Symbol of The Incarnation, Preparedness
  • Grapevine: Symbol of Religious Truths and Mysteries. The Church, Unity
  • Hands (clasped): Symbol meaning farewell and the hope of meeting again in heaven
  • Harp: Hope
  • Heart: Love, devotion, joy, and/or mortality
  • Hollyhock: Symbol of Ambition
  • Hourglass: The swift passage of time
  • IHS: Symbol or Monogram, the Contraction of the Greek work for Jesus
  • I.N.R.I.: Latin Abbreviation meaning “Jesus of Nazareth – King of the Jews”
  • Ivy: Symbol of Memory – Fidelity and Immortality
  • Jonquil: symbol of Desire, Regard
  • Lamb: Symbolizes innocence, used often on infant or child gravestones
  • Laurel: Floral Symbol for Glory
  • Lily: Floral Symbol for Purity, Innocence, Heavenly Bliss, The Blessed Virgin
  • Lily of the Valley: Symbol of Return to Happiness
  • Morning Glory: Floral Symbol for Bonds of Love and Affection
  • Myrtle leaves: Undying love and/or peace
  • Oak Leaf:  Faith, virtue, and/or endurance 
  • Obelisk: Common from the 1880s to the 1930s, it symbolizes rebirth or a connection between earth and heaven
  • Olive Branch:  Peace, forgiveness, or humanity 
  • Open gates: Symbol of the afterlife and the soul entering heaven
  • Palm: Symbol of Victory, Spiritual Victory
  • Passion Flower: Symbol of the Anguish of the Crucifixion, Faith
  • Poinsettia: Symbol of The Nativity – Christ
  • Poppy: Floral Symbol for Sleep – Death when looked upon as sleep
  • Primrose: Symbol of Youth – Sadness
  • Pyramid: Resurrection, eternal life, enlightenment, or spiritual attainment
  • Rainbow: Union or fulfillment of the promise of resurrection
  • Rope: Symbol of Eternity
  • Rope circle: Love, victory, triumph, and/or purity
  • Rose:  Floral Symbol for Love, Wisdom, Beauty
  • Scythe: Life cut short, death, or the final harvest
  • Rose: Floral Symbol for Love, Wisdom, Beauty
  • Shamrock: Symbol of The Holy Trinity, St. Patrick, Emblem of Ireland
  • Sheaf of wheat: Old age and a fruitful life
  • Sleeping cherub: A symbol of innocence used primarily for the gravestones of infants or children.
  • Star: Symbol of Birth or Life
  • Swallow: Motherhood, the spirit of children, or a symbol of consolation
  • Sword: Symbol of Power, Justice, Warfare, Fortitude
  • Swords (crossed): Symbolizes that the deceased died in battle
  • Thistle: Symbol of Independence- Austerity- Emblem of Scotland
  • Tree:  Life, knowledge, the fall of man through sin, or human frailty
  • Tree stump: Life interrupted
  • Trumpet: Announcing the resurrection of the deceased’s soul entering heaven
  • Tulip: Floral Symbol of Charity, Love
  • Violet: Floral Symbol for Modesty, Faithfulness
  • Water Lily: Symbol of Charity
  • Wild Rose: Symbol of Love, Simplicity
  • Wreath of roses: Heavenly joy and bliss

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