Cemetery Preservation (Advanced)
Cost:
$30, $25 IHS
members, $22.50 Local History Partners (includes lunch)
To Register: Contact Local History Services at (317) 233-8913.
Register by Aug. 10
Join us on either Saturday or Sunday for a one-day, hands-on workshop to learn advanced cemetery restoration techniques.
Check out the restoration toolbox page
Calendar
of Events
Saturday, August 22, 2009
Assembling the Pieces of History: Advanced Cemetery Preservation Workshop
Date: August 22 OR 23
Time: 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Location: Spring Valley Cemetery, 56th Street and Post Road, Indianapolis
Cost: $30/$25 IHS members
This one-day workshop (registrants can choose one of the two available dates)
will focus on advanced cemetery restoration techniques.
Topics covered will
include fixing simple stone breaks, resetting obelisks, determining the original
location of a stone once it’s been
moved and how to mix stone dust to fill in
cracks. Most of the workshop will be spent in the cemetery, where participants
will gain valuable
hands-on experience repairing stones. Participants must have
prior cemetery preservation experience to attend. To register, or for more
information, call the Indiana Historical Society at (317) 233-3110.
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Assembling the Pieces of History: Advanced Cemetery Preservation Workshop
Date: August 22 OR 23
Time: 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Location: Spring Valley Cemetery, 56th Street and Post Road, Indianapolis
Cost: $30/$25 IHS members
This one-day workshop (registrants can choose one of the two available dates)
will focus on advanced cemetery restoration techniques.
Topics covered will
include fixing simple stone breaks, resetting obelisks, determining the original
location of a stone once it’s been moved
and how to mix stone dust to fill in
cracks. Most of the workshop will be spent in the cemetery, where participants
will gain valuable hands-on
experience repairing stones. Participants must have
prior cemetery preservation experience to attend. To register, or for more
information, call
the Indiana Historical Society at (317) 233-3110.
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