According to American military tradition, why would you leave a penny on a gravestone?
Correct answer: You knew the deceased and have visited the grave.
Roberta Ann
Player #9956654, My Dad told me that leaving a small rock or pebble on the headstone was a Jewish tradition indicating you visited that grave. We're not Jewish buy I leave a rock on my Dad's headstone every time I visit his grave.
Celadon
In Germany I noticed stones on Hebrew/Jewish headstones. I assume that means they've been visited.
Player #9956654
Celadon, do you remember the people filing by the graves in the movie " Schindlers List"? As I recall they left pebbles on the headstones!
CV
Jews traditionally leave a stone on the gravestone to mark their visit.
Player #10568523
I'm just a simple man making my way through the world
Donna
Jewish people leave small stones on the marker to let the deceased know they visited their grave.
Player #10271113
Player #30440506, Caledon, That is correct.
Player #30440506
not right. if you leave a penny you served with them nickel or dime you were there at their death.Thats what I was told at the vet's cemetery.
Player #9914179
In Judaism you leave a stone on the monument to show you payed your respects.