Hunched over, propping himself up with one arm with his hand firmly on the earth, Rick Brown delicately digs dirt and debris from the top of an aging grave marker. He didn't know the man, a veteran, ...
Kansas City’s historic Union Cemetery, founded in 1857, serves as the final resting place for more than 55,000 people, including many early pioneers of Westport. A group of volunteers has cleaned more ...
Once a month, Rene Amy gets some cleaning supplies and volunteers together and heads to his Alta Dena neighborhood historic cemetery to scrub and scrub. Saturday morning, the crew was out at the ...
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How preservationists clean 19th-century grave markers

Cleaning historic headstones is not about making them look new. It’s about slowing decay and preserving what remains. In this cemetery, a mid-19th-century marker was treated using gentle biological ...
Many of the stone markers in the Rockingham Meeting House graveyard are tipped over, falling, fallen over or broken. During last week's seminar, progress was made in cleaning off layers of moss and ...
SAN ANTONIO — Joe found passion in a place where many would not speak of it. Honestly, there's no talking at all. He cleans tombstones at San Fernando Cemetery #1 and #2. "I have a few family members ...
The Ashley family, Mabel Hatheway, David Blay and other New Baltimore notables may be gone, but their contributions to the city and their country are not forgotten. New Baltimore Historical Society ...
Members of the University of Alabama Campus Veterans Association placed flags and cleaned veterans' graves at Williamson Cemetery in Northport as part of the Salute to Service week on the UA campus.