Dear group,
I want to share the wonderful day I had today.
I was invited to a 175th church anniversary in the next county. This church
has the community cemetery right on their property. Some of the members have
learned this year how to straighten the old stone and epoxy them together.
They had a cemetery walk after the service today. Many members were dressed
in period costumes representing their ancestors or the early founders.
It was really heartwarming to see the members of this church take the time
to honored the early founders and pioneers of their church and show the
members that progress could be made with a little time and interest in the
old stones. And save their history!
Wonderful day!
I'm happy to report our group has learned to reset stone in their own buried
bases.
It takes time to learn each step. But we are making progress. I feel good
we have learned a few more steps.
There are so many to work on and we hope to be able to set up a few workdays
in at least 2 township next year and continue to teach some the basic.
The link shows some of the progress we've made this year. And with some
weather luck, we will still finish a few others this fall.
http://communities.msn.com/Tippycems/shoebox.msnw?Page=1
All for now,
L. A.
Tippecanoe County Pioneer Cemeteries Group Coordinator
See our cemeteries at:
http://www.rootsweb.com/~intippec/tcem.html