Twenty-year reservists without active-duty service are eligible for a headstone or grave marker if they are entitled to military retired pay at the time of death. There are several types of ...

If you wander through any graveyard, you'll find grave markers made of all manner of ... made over the last few centuries are made of a few types of rock: marble, slate, and granite are the ...

A Minnesota Department of Veterans Affairs program that provided metal markers for veterans’ graves is not running this year. But the markers themselves are still available from the manufacturer, the ...

Grave rubbing has ... and lettering of grave markers. Also known as tombstone or headstone rubbing, it is an especially beneficial technique as certain types of stones can wear over time due ...

I contacted another veteran, Alan Ballester, who had experience with unearthing flat veterans’ grave markers at other cemeteries. Before long, he and I were joined by Dierdre Berry. The three of ...