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COMPASS & SQUARE (MASONIC) - The Square and Compasses (or, more correctly, a square and a set of compasses joined together) is the single most identifiable symbol of Freemasonry.  Both the square and compasses are architect's tools and are used in Masonic ritual as emblems to teach symbolic lessons.  Due to slight Masonic jurisdictional differences around the world, this symbol does not always look exactly the same to all Freemasons.  Some jurisdictions call this symbol the Square and Compass, (non-plural) and a few jurisdictions omit the "G" at its center.

CORN - Represents Rebirth and Fertility.  Also associated with the graves of farmers.

BROKEN COLUMN - Represents Loss of a family member; the draped column symbolizes mourning of that family member.  The draped or broken column also represents the "break" made by the deceased between the living and the dead, i.e., the transition between this world and your heavenly home. 

COLONIAL DAUGHTERS OF THE 17TH CENTURY - An organization for women who descended from an ancestor who rendered service in the Colonial Wars from 1607 to 1699.

KOHANIM (COHANIM) HANDS - Hands with thumbs (and sometimes forefingers) joined.  On Jewish tombstones you will sometimes see a symbol showing two hands arranged for the Priestly Blessing like the example here. This is a symbol of the Kohen or Cohen (Hebrew for priest). The plural form is Kohanim or Cohanim.  Kohanim are assumed to be direct male descendants of Aaron, who was the first Kohen and the brother of Moses.

SLEEPING CHILD - Children represent the untimely death of the innocent. A child sleeping is the tie between life and death; children are purity and innocence so they are shown as not dead but sleeping.

CHI RHO - The first two letters, X (Chi) and P (Rho) in the Greek alphabet.  A monogram of chi (Χ) and rho (Ρ) as the first two letters of Greek (Khristos or Christ) used as a Christian symbol.  Although not technically a Christian cross, the Chi-Rho invokes the authority of Jesus, as well as symbolizing his status as the Christ.

CHERUBS - Represents innocence and the untimely death of the innocent.

CIRCLE - Represents Eternal Life - No beginning and no end.

BURNING CANDLE  -  Light, in its context helps lead the way forward, towards the future and pushes aside the surrounding darkness. Where long path before us is useless without the light to guide our way.   In the Christian faith Christ is that Light.

(KJV John 8:12) - Then spake Jesus again unto them, saying, I am the light of the world: he that followeth me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life.