25 VOLUNTEERS PARTICIPATE IN A RESTORATION WORKSHOP AT THE OLD STONE CEMETERY

​On Monday, June 26, 2017, at the Old Stone Cemetery, 25 volunteers from local communities and the Preserve WV AmeriCorps program, cleaned and repaired over two dozen tombstones under the instruction of cemetery preservationists, Morgan and Kate Bunn, of Friends of Old Stone Cemetery.  This was a record number of tombstones cleaned in a one day workshop.  In addition, volunteers helped uncover most of the antique fencing of a lost family plot dating to 1857.

The restoration workshop, organized by Preservation Alliance of West Virginia (PAWV) and Friends of Old Stone Cemetery, began with a short instruction of the do’s and don’ts of tombstone restoration and a demonstration of the process of cleaning the stones with plenty of water and D/2 (a non-toxic biological cleaner that removes stains from molds, algae, lichen, and air pollutants).  Each volunteer was given a take-home bucket of the necessary cleaning tools.

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