SHREVEPORT, La. (KTAL/KMSS) – Why do people leave coins on top of military gravestones? Similar practices exist in many cultures and have a history stretching back centuries. In modern times, this ...

Are coins on a headstone random, or do they have a larger symbolic meaning? We got to the bottom of this mystery.

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. SHREVEPORT, La. (KTAL/KMSS) – Why do people ...