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URN -  The widely used draped urn is one of the many symbols that humans have used to represent their views towards death and the immortal spirit. The urn itself represents a classical funeral urn used for cremations.  A revived interest in classical Greece led to the prevalence of the draped in urn in cemetery symbolism, even though cremation was not terribly popular at this time ( mid to late 1800s).  The urn was also thought to stand for the fact that we all return to ash, or dust; the state from which God created us.

UNITED STATES VETERAN OF FOREIGN WARS (VFW) - The Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States, Inc., is a federally chartered corporation formed on September 23, 1899 by Spanish–American War veterans of the 17th U.S. Infantry.   The objects of the VFW are to: Speed rehabilitation of the nation’s disabled and needy veterans, assist veterans’ widows and orphans and the dependents of needy or disabled veterans, and promote Americanism by means of education in patriotism and by constructive service to local communities.

UNITED STATES ARMY VETERAN -  To further research US Army records please visit the National Archives Website at  https://www.archives.gov/research/military/veterans/online

UNITED STATES AIR FORCE VETERAN -  

To further research US Air Force records please visit the National Archives Website at  https://www.archives.gov/research/military/veterans/online

UNITED STATES NAVY VETERAN -   To further research US Navy records please visit the National Archives Website at  https://www.archives.gov/research/military/veterans/online

CIVIL WAR VETERAN -  The American Civil War was a civil war in the United States fought from 1861 to 1865. The Union faced secessionists in eleven Southern states known as the Confederate States of America. The Union won the war, which remains the bloodiest in U.S. history.

VETERAN (UNITED STATES) -  There are 21.8 million veterans of the U.S. armed forces as of 2014, according the Census Bureau, approximately 10 percent of whom are women. To put that in context there are 319.2 million Americans, according to the bureau as of Nov 10, 2014.

UNITED STATES NAVY (USN) -  The history of the United States Navy divides into two major periods: the "Old Navy", a small but respected force of sailing ships that was also notable for innovation in the use of ironclads during the American Civil War, and the "New Navy", the result of a modernization effort that began in the 1880s and made it the largest in the world by the 1920s.

UNITED STATES MERCHANT MARINER (MERCHANT MARINE) -  The United States Merchant Marine are United States civilian mariners and a fleet of U.S. civilian and federally owned merchant vessels.  These fleets are managed by either the government or private sector, and engage in commerce or transportation of goods and services in and out of the navigable waters of the United States.  The Merchant Marine is responsible for transporting cargo and passengers during peacetime.

UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS (USMC) -  The history of the United States Marine Corps (USMC) begins with the founding of the Continental Marines on November 10, 1775 to conduct ship-to-ship fighting, provide shipboard security and discipline enforcement, and assist in landing forces. Its mission evolved with changing military doctrine and foreign policy of the United States. Owing to the availability of Marine forces at sea, the United States Marine Corps has served in nearly every conflict in United States history.