After reading the information about Andrew Carnegie, John D. Rockefeller, &
Leland Stanford, choose one of them and create an epitaph for his tombstone. It
should honor him & his accomplishments. Include the man’s name & life span
(year of birth – year of death). Use colored pencils to decorate the tombstone.
After reading the information about Andrew Carnegie, John D. Rockeller, &
Leland Stanford, choose one of them and create an epitaph for his tombstone. It
should honor him & his accomplishments. Include the man’s name & life span
(year of birth – year of death). Use colored pencils to decorate the tombstone.
Read below for examples of epitaphs of other famous individuals.
Famous Epitaphs
Free at last. Free at last. Thank God Almighty I'm Free At Last.
Martin Luther King, Jr.
Liberty, Humanity, Justice, Equality
Susan Brownell Anthony
At Rest
An American Soldier
And Defender of the Constitution
Jefferson Davis
Here was buried Thomas Jefferson,
author of the Declaration of American Independence,
of the statute of Virginia for religious freedom,
and father of the University of Virginia.
Thomas Jefferson
(Monticello, Virginia)
{self-written}
American Composer
Scott Joplin
Faithful to the cause of Prohibition She hath done what she could
Carrie Amelia Nation
Nature and Nature's laws lay hid in night:
God said, 'Let Newton be!' and all was light.
written by Alexander Pope
Sir Isaac Newton
Here Rests in
Honored Glory
An American
Soldier
Known But to God
Unknown Soldier
After reading the information about Andrew Carnegie, John D. Rockeller, &
Leland Stanford, choose one of them and create an epitaph for his tombstone. It
should honor him & his accomplishments. Include the man’s name & life span
(year of birth – year of death). Use colored pencils to decorate the tombstone.