If you ever get to Seattle for any reason, try to hit Lakeview Cemetery on Capitol Hill. It's famous for the graves of Bruce and Brandon Lee, but it also holds the graves of the founding families and a lot of other historically interesting graves. There are some fabulous memorial sculptures, tombstones decorated with ceramic ovals that have a picture of the deceased printed on them, all kinds of stuff. And right behind it is the GAR cemetery, so you can even do a twofer.
Oh, and the two hands? If you ever see an example that's two male hands, that's another Odd Fellow emblem. You see it on a lot of Pacific NW Odd Fellow gravestones, not sure if it was used in your area or not.
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If you ever get to Seattle for any reason, try to hit Lakeview Cemetery on Capitol Hill. It's famous for the graves of Bruce and Brandon Lee, but it also holds the graves of the founding families and a lot of other historically interesting graves. There are some fabulous memorial sculptures, tombstones decorated with ceramic ovals that have a picture of the deceased printed on them, all kinds of stuff. And right behind it is the GAR cemetery, so you can even do a twofer.
Oh, and the two hands? If you ever see an example that's two male hands, that's another Odd Fellow emblem. You see it on a lot of Pacific NW Odd Fellow gravestones, not sure if it was used in your area or not.