To Serve: Cemetery Symbolism and Veterans Monuments with Tui Snider

Historian Tui Snider gives a tour of Austin's Cemeteries, teaching viewers about Texas history, headstone markings, the meaning of symbols, and how to identify military veterans' gravestones. This is important for people honoring their ancestors and researching geneaology.
This video was produced by the Historic Preservation and Heritage Tourism Division, the Oakwood Cemetery Chapel of the Museums and Cultural Programs Division, and the Cemetery Operations Division of the Parks and Recreation Department of the City of Austin, Texas.
The video is part of "To Serve" which honors veterans buried in Austin's Cemeteries.
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TIMESTAMPS OF TOPICS IN THIS VIDEO:
0:00 Introduction to Tui Snider
0:58 George and Cynthia Glasscock monument
1:10 Raised lettering on George and Cynthia Glasscock monument
2:00 Arch symbolism
3:36 Richard Bach II marker
3:42 Masonic Compass symbolism
4:38 Double headed eagle of Lagash
5:25 Tom Green Obelisk and Obelisk symbolism
7:16 History of the official stone markers for civil war veterans
9:48 Southern cross of honor symbolism
10:44 Symbols from Captain Bird Holland monument
12:56 Symbols from Francis Dieterich monument
14:09 Preserved monument that has fallen over and its symbols
15:16 Symbolism of monuments with angels
16:27 Suzanna Dickinson Hannig monument and the meaning of coins on military graves
19:11 Symbols on Charles Pinckney monument
19:37 Monument smashed by a tree, urn with cloth that has a fringe,
21:07 General marker, and texas ranger marker
22:20 James Monroe Terrill monument and veteran headstone options
23:13 William H. Holland, didn't use official military headstone
23:48 Family of Everett H. Givens, IHS meaning, Caduceus
26:15 Miguel Rios Civil War Marker, member of the cavalry in California
26:38 Fay Edwin Powell bronze marker
27:17 Sidovar family plot
27:57 Looking at the backside of headstones, Schieffer brothers
28:36 George Jones, independent order of odd fellows order
30:20 Bloor family plot, gothic architecture and typeface
31:27 William Moore civil war marker, medal of honor recipient, Minerva Repelling Discord
33:45 Crossed riffle meaning, general type marker
35:17 Mr. and Mrs. Scales double heart monument
36:10 Bobbie Jean Petty, woman veteran
36:36 Closing comments