Symbols used in U.S. veterans' cemeteries
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In the United States, there are many cemeteries specifically devoted to veterans, maintained by the military, such as Arlington Cemetery. Most have various rules regarding what must take place in order to be interred there.
The following are the religious emblems available for gravestones.
- Atheism
- Atom symbol with an "A" in center
- Bahá'í
- Nine pointed star.
- Buddhism
- Christian Reformed Church
- Christianity, Aaronic order
- Cross
- Christianity, Christian Science
- Cross and crown.
- Christianity, Community of Christ
- Christianity, Episcopal
- Cross
- Christianity, generic
- Latin Cross
- A cup
- Christianity, Latter-day Saint
- Moroni with a horn
- Christianity, Lutheran
- Cross
- Christianity, Presbyterian
- Cross
- Christianity, Russian Orthodox
- Cross
- Christianity, Serb Orthodox
- Cross
- Christianity, United Church of Christ
- Christianity, United Methodist Church
- Cross
- Christianity, United Moravian Church
- Church of World Messianity symbol.
- Eckankar
- Letters "EK" (stylized)
- Hinduism
- Islam
- Crescent and star.
- Five pointed star.
- Judaism
- Konkokyo
- Native American Church of America
- Seicho-no-ie symbol.
- Sufism
- Reoriented symbol
- Tenrikyo symbol
- Unitarian Universalist Association
- United Church of Religious Science symbol.