So cool On Sat, Oct 12, 2024, 4:14 PM Sara Mattes <samat...@gmail.com> wrote:
> This is fabulous! > Many thanks to Valerie for the vision and talent to move this project > Ford, and to all the volunteers who have restored these important reminders > of on whose shoulders we stand. > > > > On Oct 12, 2024, at 8:05 AM, Fox, Valerie <f...@lincolntown.org> wrote: > > Good Morning, – just a reminder that we have our final session of cemetery > monument restoration today, Saturday, October 12th from 10:00-3:00. We > will be at the Precinct Burial Ground which is within the Lincoln Cemetery > on Lexington Road. The address is 44 Lexington Road but you may have more > luck with entering 39 Lexington Road which is the Flint Homestead. The > cemetery is just beyond that address, and you will see the large entrance > with the pillars saying Lincoln Cemetery. TaMara Conde, our professional > gravestone conservator, will join us again, to provide training and then > assist with our efforts. Honestly, it is a fun and informative day. > Please consider joining us, for any amount of time you can spare. No > amount of time you can volunteer is too little, you really can make a > difference. > > Last weekend we had about 24 volunteers who cleaned and restored about > 30-35 cemetery stones. It is a terrific way to spend some time and it is > tremendously rewarding and satisfying to bring these beautiful, hand > carved, 250 year old historic stones back to their former glory. I hope > someday (in the far far distant future) we will have other volunteers take > care of our final resting place. Please see the link for before and after > photographs of just one monument. We are tremendously indebted to each and > every volunteer who worked so hard to restore these beautiful hand carved > stones. The results were impressive! > > Thank you, > > Valerie > > > -- > The LincolnTalk mailing list. > To post, send mail to Lincoln@lincolntalk.org. > Browse the archives at https://pairlist9.pair.net/mailman/private/lincoln/ > . > Change your subscription settings at > https://pairlist9.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/lincoln. > > > -- > The LincolnTalk mailing list. > To post, send mail to Lincoln@lincolntalk.org. > Browse the archives at https://pairlist9.pair.net/mailman/private/lincoln/ > . > Change your subscription settings at > https://pairlist9.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/lincoln. > >
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