11.   Each grave is marked with a single sign, indicating the year of the cremation.

12.   For the past two years, only a potted plant marked the grave where Dayton native and internationally-read humor columnist Erma Bombeck is buried at Woodland Cemetery.

13.   He was buried in the dark by his neighbors, his grave marked by a plastic water bottle.

14.   In Kandahar their graves are marked with small flags to indicate that they were killed in battle, as opposed to dying from natural causes.

15.   In the center of the cemetery is a tall monument marking the graves of Jackson and his family.

16.   It is surrounded by smaller headstones marking the graves of his wife, daughter and two sons.

17.   It sat next to a heap of earth, ready for burial, among the brass plaques marking graves adorned with rubber ducks, pacifiers and toy Santas.

18.   James Byrd Sr. says the small metal nameplate marking the grave of his son, James Byrd Jr., has been missing for about a month.

19.   Now, at his Ramsey Creek Preserve, only fieldstones or subtle pre-approved sculpture from natural materials mark the graves.

20.   On the hill behind the museum is a Celtic cross marking the grave of the aforementioned Flora MacDonald.