Jefferson Barracks

I chose all of these images from Jefferson Barracks cemetery because I believe that it is our right as citizens to pay our respects and to never for get who served our country. 

This is the the grave site of my great uncle who served in World War II. 

When a penny is left on a solders grave stone it means
that someone visited and payed their respects.

On the other hand stones left behind is Jewish tradition to ward
off the spirits from leaving the grave and haunting their family.

 Memorial wall of Gold Star recipients during World War II.

 This image displays the sea of white grave markers that make up
 a small section of Jefferson Barracks Cemetery.

 This picture is very personal to me because this is where my grandma is buried. I like this image because it displays her head stone as one of the many who are buried there. 

 I chose to take this image because of the bench at the top of the hill over looking these grave stones. I focused on the bench because I feel that it shows a more human element of the cemetery. This is not only a place for loved ones who have past away to rest, but also for their families to visit and remember their loved ones.    

These two images are of the older grave sites in the cemetery. Most of these head tones do not have names on them and will forever rest as unknown solders.