This sounds like a great presentation. If any of you go, can you ask what FLT stands for (nope it is not Flight Lieutenant, although it could be in some contexts... We were searching for a bunch of symbols, and found all but that one... Another strange one was MWR - Bet you can't even guess what that one was all about. Modern Woodmen of America later renamed to Royal Neighbors of America. R/S MAK To: GenWisconsin-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [GenWisconsin] Cemetery Symbols slide show from the Boscobel Dial, Sept 21, 2000; page 4 Program looks at cemetery symbols The Wisconsin Veterans Museum will host a lecture and slide presentation, "Carved in Stone" on Thursday, Sept 28 from 7-8 pm in the musuem's second floor education center. Bruce Gregg, retired Madison Memorial High School teacher, will focus on cemetery symbols used by stone carvers and momument companies beginning in the 1700's. Gregg will also highlight traditional religious symbols, symbols borrowed from art and literature, as well as symbls that highlight the deceased personal interest or hobbies. Admission for the lecture, "Carved in Stone" is free. For more information, call the Wisconsin Veterans Museum at (608)267-1799. http://badger.state.wi.us/agencies/dva/museum/wvmmain.html http://badger.state.wi.us/agencies/dva/museum/archive.html ===== ===== TheStorm http://www.rootsweb.com/~wiwood/TheStorm USC NROTC Alumni http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~uscnrotc/ MAK = "Mar sea ah Ann Keel" ===== __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Send instant messages & get email alerts with Yahoo! Messenger. http://im.yahoo.com/