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New Headstone for Aurora, Texas UFO Crash Space Alien Grave

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Close up detail on the new grave marker for the 1897 space alien in Aurora, Texas (photo by Tui Snider)

50 Years before The Roswell Incident The following is an adapted excerpt from Unexpected Texas, my quirky travel guide to offbeat and overlooked day trips near Dallas and Fort Worth: You’ve probably heard of the alleged spaceship crash from 1947 that took place in the desert of New Mexico. Known as “The Roswell Incident” this […]

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Historic Cemetery Symbols: The “Vein of Love” & the Meaning of Left and Right

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Traditional headstone, with the wife on the left (photo by Tui Snider)

Symbolic Meaning of Left & Right For this week’s Historic Cemetery Symbols post, we explore: The Meaning of Left and Right, and the Vein of Love! Left and Right on a Headstone Married folks often share a headstone, and when they do, most of the time you will notice that – as you stand facing the […]

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Cemetery Symbols: Headstones, Footstones & Misleading Names

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Footstones are often nicknames (photo by Tui Snider)

Why do most headstones face east? Most people have heard the word “headstone” before. Generally speaking, headstones mark where the head of the deceased is situated. In most Christian cemeteries, the person is oriented so that the body faces east. According to this tradition, this means they will be facing the right direction when the […]

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