Did you know there's a symbol for atheists' headstones at Arlington?

[barbaraann]

I was just wondering about that after looking at photos of Arlington West and found this webpage at the official Arlington National Cemetary website which lists 32 authorized faith emblems.

http://www.arlingtoncemetery.org/funeral_information/authorized_emblems.html

The symbol for atheists is an atom and there is a symbol for Unitarians but not for Wiccans. I can't find numbers anywhere for the proportion of various symbols on the graves, but apparently there have indeed been some atheists in foxholes.

I find it interesting that the symbol for atheism is not simply an absence of a religious symbol but the presence of a symbol representing science.