Cemetery preservation workshop in Bedford, OH Sept. 24-25, 2010

The Bedford Historical Society in Bedford, Ohio is hosting a cemetery presevation workshop on September 24-25, 2010.  Topics covered include    

*Understanding Ohio Cemetery Law

*Interpreting Funerary Art

*Grassroots preservation

*Basics of stone preservation with hands-on participation

*Intermediate stone preservation with hands-on participation.

*Demonstration of advanced stone preservation.

For more information and to register, go to the "Events" page of the Bedford Historical Society's website at http://www.bedfordohiohistory.org/events/index.php

Photo from the Free Frank Cemetery Restoration Project in New Philadelphia, IL.  To learn more about this project, go to http://www.freefrank.org/cemetery-restoration-project.shtml