Casey Stuart, a local preservationist and president of the Genealogical Research Society of New Orleans, will discuss “Tips for Cleaning Grave Markers” at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 15, at the East Bank ...
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 ...
During the Victorian era, it wasn’t uncommon to take a leisurely Sunday stroll through your local garden cemetery—perhaps stopping for a picnic lunch. But for the most part (with a few exceptions, ...
An curved arrow pointing right. The following is a transcript of the video. Narrator: My name is Alicia Williams, and I'm a gravestone conservator. Today I'm going to show you how I clean gravestones.
LANSING, Mich. (WILX) - The Friends of Lansing’s Historic Cemeteries held a public service project in Lansing on Sunday. Around a dozen people helped clear and clean the 61 grave markers at the Boys ...
OREGON, Ohio — When retired U.S. Navy veteran Jim Phillips asked his wife, Sue, why no one was cleaning or maintaining military grave markers, she asked him, "Why don't you?" Taking those words of ...
TEXARKANA, Ark. -- TMS plans to host gravestone cleaning and preservation courses throughout 2023. "We are currently working on getting some gravestone cleaning and preservation classes planned for ...
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 ...