The marker for my companion Tom is up at the Veterans' Cemetery in Boulder City, Nevada. Tom wore the Thorshammer in life and it means a lot that he can have that symbol on his columbarium marker. Many heathens worked for many years to get the hammer symbol approved for Veteran graves. I am grateful for their efforts.

When it came time to have a marker made for Tom the cremation package from the mortuary company included getting the veterans' cemetery approval to have a military funeral and have his remains placed at the veterans' cemetery. I just had to tell them what I wanted and they took care of it, but they did show me the form to review for accuracy, and it had an option for the Thorshammer symbol preprinted on it, along with other faith symbols. It was a number and a checkmark. It was easy, and that part was done last fall, and yet, it didn't seem completely real that the hammer would be there until I went out today (in March) and there it was. It was easy for me because the people who came before made sure the option would be available. It took them a lot of effort. Somewhere in this same cemetery there is already a gravestone with the Thorshammer on it.

Tom was a big supporter of the Heathen Visibility Project while he was alive. He would be pleased to know he can go on representing Asatru in particular and heathenry in general in this way.

Tom's Forever Missed page is on this link: https://www.forevermissed.com/thomas-newman/about

Image: a columbarium marker, that is, the marker on a closed niche for an urn of cremated ashes, with a Thor's Hammer symbol, and the words "Newman, Thomas Lewis, 1LT, USA, 1953, 2020."