Veteran Pentacle Quest
There are now more than 200 VA-issued memorial markers with Pentacles at public & private cemeteries across the nation, including 9 at Circle Cemetery, national Pagan cemetery at Circle Sanctuary Nature Preserve. As a result of the Veteran Pentacle Quest Success in 2007, the US Department of Veterans Affairs revised its procedures for getting additional symbols authorized for inclusion on grave markers it issues, and over 30 more symbols were added, including the Hammer of Thor (#55) for Heathens and the Awen (#65) for Druids. For more info, visit the National Cemetery Administration website: https://www.cem.va.gov/hmm/emblems.asp 10th Anniversary Celebration on 4/23/2017CIRCLE Magazine articles: Statements From Americans United for Separation of Church & State: Veterans Affairs Department Must Accommodate Wiccan Symbol on Memorial Markers Americans United Presses VA for Right of Wiccans to Use Pentacle Symbol at Military Memorials Pentacle Quest Bush Administration Agrees to Approve Wiccan Pentacle for Veteran Memorials Pentacle Quest Success Sampling of Other News Reports Wiccans dedicate grave at Arlington Wiccans win right to put emblem on Veterans' Graves Wiccan War Widows Win Their Sacred Burial Markers Wiccan Pentacle is OKd for Vet's Graves Feds Okay Pentagrams for Veterans' Graves VA Allows Wiccan Symbol on Headstones Wiccans get grave marker symbol Wiccan Pentacle Added to Emblems Allowed on Headstones Widows Sue to Get Wiccan symbols on Veterans' Headstones Use of Wiccan Symbol on Veterans' Headstones Is Approved
Summary Reports by Rev. Selena Fox of Circle Sanctuary
Background on the Pentacle QuestSettlement Agreement (.pdf) About Sgt. Patrick Stewart and His Plaque |
It took nearly a decade and the combined efforts of many, including 
