Tag Archives: gravestone restoration

Volunteer Event at Vicksburg National Military Park

Help us make history while preserving history! April 23, 2022 Amazing volunteer opportunity at Vicksburg National Military Park. Come help us clean all 18,000 Veteran headstones. This is a 4 hour event with lunch provided following all the hard work. Be a part of the excitement. Event partners include: D/2 Biological Solution, Cemetery Preservation Supply […]

Moscow Cemetery Hands-On Preservation Workshop October 8th in Prescott, AR

The Arkansas Historic Preservation Program will host two free cemetery preservation workshops this October in the towns of Prescott and Lamar, Arkansas. On Saturday, October 8, 2016, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., the first cemetery preservation workshop will be held near Prescott, Arkansas, at the Moscow Cemetery located at the junction of Nevada County […]

“Bringing it Back”- Cemetery Maintenance & Safety Workshop in Rison, AR on September 29th

On Thursday, September 29th, 2016, University of Arkansas Cooperative Extension Service & Arkansas Historic Preservation Program are co-hosting a free Cemetery Maintenance and Safety Workshop to be held at 6:00 p.m. at the Rowell Cemetery, Highway 63, Rison, AR 71665, next to the Center Missionary Baptist Church. James “Rusty” Brenner of Cemetery Preservation Supply LLC […]

Twilight Cemetery Tour & Gravestone Care Workshop October 1st in Marshall, TX

The Texas Historical Commission and Starr Family Home State Historic Site invites you to a very special Gravestone Care Workshop and Twilight Cemetery Tour in the historic Greenwood Cemetery in Marshall, Texas, on October 1, 2016 from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.  Come and learn how to properly clean and care for gravestones with James […]

Bold Pilgrim Cemetery Preservation Workshop April 30th in Morrilton, AR

The Arkansas Historic Preservation Program will host a free cemetery workshop from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday, April 30th at the Bold Pilgrim Cemetery, Morrilton, Arkansas. James “Rusty” Brenner of Cemetery Preservation Supply LLC and Texas Cemetery Restoration LLC will teach the hands-on workshop focusing on how to clean, re-set, and repair tombstones. […]

Hands-on Historic Cemetery Preservation Workshop to be held Sept. 26th in Liberty, Texas

The Liberty County Historical Commission invites you to a Hands-On Historic Cemetery Preservation Workshop on Saturday, September 26th, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.  James “Rusty” Brenner, craftsperson and owner of Texas Cemetery Restoration LLC, will lead the workshop first in a walking tour of the cemetery with explanations of significance of some of the gravestones and then in […]

Hands-On Arkansas Cemetery Preservation Workshop, Nov. 7, 2015 at the Cato Historic Church & Cemetery

The Arkansas Historic Preservation Program and the Cato Historic Church & Cemetery  are hosting an autumn hands-on Cemetery Conservation Workshop and Training on Saturday November 7, 2015 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Cato Cemetery at 14000 Frenchman’s Mountain Road, Sherwood, AR 72120 .  James “Rusty” Brenner, craftsperson and owner of Texas Cemetery Restoration LLC will lead the […]

Bear Creek Cemetery Celebrates Preservation of Historic Gravestones

Bear Creek Cemetery is celebrating the hard work including no few volunteer hours dedicated to cemetery and gravestone preservation.  Since 2010, the Collin County Historical Commission has awarded Bear Creek Cemetery four grants for preservation of its historic cemetery.  Bear Creek Cemetery utilized the grant money to fence the historic cemetery as well as to […]

Preservation of African American Cemeteries Annual Conference

Title: Preservation of African American Cemeteries Annual ConferenceLocation: Creekmore Community Center, Forth Smith, ArkansasLink out: Click hereDescription: Archeologists, historians, genealogists, cemetery preservationists, church secretaries, funeral home directors, cemetery associations and those interested in learning the proper techniques in documenting, preserving, restoring, protecting and properly maintaining Arkansas cemeteries and gravesites will gather for a two day […]

Monument Builders of the Southwest Annual Conference

Title: Monument Builders of the Southwest Annual ConferenceLocation: Hilton Convention Center, Shreveport, LousianaLink out: Click hereDescription: We will be speaking at the MBSW conference about historic monument preservation and we will have D/2 Biological Solution available for sale as well!Start Date: 2012/06/14End Date: 2012/06/16

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