Lou Gehrig Headstone

 Long after his headstone was erected, when he was 38, visitors have left mementos. I learned upon my visit that the grounds keepers clear it off monthly. Everything has been left at one time or another. Ball caps, baseballs, scorecards, etc. 

You can view the full Mt. Kensico Cemetery scene in Memory Stones, if you scale down, you will find the Gehrig stone, shown there among other celebrities. What is curious I thought, was that his and his wife's ashes are said to be contained the center of the stone inside, in what appears to be a copper enclosure. Unusual, if true. 

Notice the top of the
Gehrig Headstone in Mt..Kensico

Also, I recently became aware that he played after Babe Ruth left the Yankees, which never occurred to me, During this period, before the disease struck him down, he played better than previously alongside Ruth, it was said. (See Sportspence for mention of his slugging percentage records alongside Ruth, Williams, and Foxx.)