Heratige Day May 7 2016

 

 

Sharing our Pioneer History May 7, 2016.

Cleaning tombstone at Harrisonville cemetery for Heritage Day with

the Tippecanoe County Historical Association.   

I enjoy teaching adults and children how to clean the tombstones today. Thank you everyone of you who participated.  We made a big difference. New photos of the cleaned stones were posted on       Findagrave Harrisonville.

Simple cleaning with 4 parts water and 1 part clear ammonia is sufficient to remove most surface growth on these old limestone monuments.  Rinse with plain water to start, add cleaner and scrub with a nylon brush. Start scrubbing from the bottom and go upwards. Then rinse again.   We covered 1/2 of this cemetery. 

   

more coming later.