Grave of John Wilkes Booth

[Gene C]

In lieu of flowers or stones, people leave pennies behind on the headstone, as if to give Lincoln the final word.

Leaving stones is a new one to me.
I've seen them on rare occasions, but never understood why they were there.
http://agraveinterest.blogspot.com/2012/...raves.html

A few other sites also indicate it is more of a Jewish custom