I received this on another list, posting it here if anyone is interested in
learning cemetery restoration.
Assembling the Pieces of History: Advanced Hands-On Cemetery
Restoration
Workshop
Saturday, September 17, 8:30 a.m.-5:00 p.m.
Location: Friendship Cemetery, Johnson County
This full-day workshop will focus on advanced cemetery restoration
techniques.
Topics covered will include fixing simple 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 attended one of the Indiana Historical
Society's
Basic Cemetery Preservation workshops or have prior cemetery preservation
experience.
Registration deadline: September 10 but registrations will be accepted
until the
workshop is full
Visit
http://www.indianahistory.org/lhs/workshops.html for more
information and
to register or call 317.233.8913.
Corrie E. Cook
Assistant, Local History Services
Indiana Historical Society
450 West Ohio Street
Indianapolis, IN 46202
317.233.8913
317.234.0427 fax
ccook(a)indianahistory.org
www.indianahistory.org
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