Mark Your Calendar for Sunday, April 22, 2018 - Beginning at 9:00AM - Restoration Project Session at the Old Burying Ground in Greenfield, Highland County, Ohio

Sharing from the Greenfield Historical Society.:

***Sunday, April 22, 2018***

Beginning at 9:00a.m.

"Since 2014, the Old Burying Ground (OBG) in Greenfield, Ohio, has been undergoing work by a group of dedicated volunteers. Throughout each year, work sessions have been held by project leaders Scott and Venus Andersen and John King.

Contact John King at the Greenfield Historical Society if you plan to attend."

John King's email address: jfking@earthlink.net

http://greenfieldhistoricalsociety.org/ghs-Calendar.html#apr

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Old Burial Ground next to Travellers Rest 

"Please join other volunteers as we continue to make improvements to the Old Burial Ground. 

We'll start at 9:00 a.m. and work as long as we have the energy. 

Come help and stay as long as you can.

Join us for an upcoming work session. You can stay as long as you like. 

We will help you get started if you have not participated previously. 

Tasks range from cleaning stones, straightening stones, recording information, etc. 

We post our scheduled sessions on the Greenfield Historical Society website calendar." 

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(Select photographs below 

from the 2014 Old Burying Ground Project

by Linda Jean Limes Ellis)

Link to the document for:

 Old Burying Ground Restoration Project

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The Old Burying Ground in Greenfield

on "Find A Grave".

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Map

Upcoming! Gravestone Preservation Workshop April 13th & 14th, Old Norborne Cemetery, Martinsburg, WV conducted by Jonathan Appell

"Gravestone Preservation Workshop 

April 13th & 14th, 2018 

Old Norborne Cemetery

Martinsburg, West Virginia"

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Fundraiser for the Christopher P. Robinson Scholarship Fund 

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Overview:

 

"This 2-day workshop will provide basic and advanced information and skills for people who are interested in preserving historic gravestones and cemetery monuments. The workshop will provide hands-on instruction and preservation treatments required on stone or markers located in Old Norborne Cemetery. 

April 14th: Will focus on advanced techniques used in the preservation of a significant angel figure which has been severely damaged. Work will include replacing/attaching broken pieces, pinning, mortar and epoxy repairs, and composite stone repairs. 

April 8th: Will focus on the basic cemetery preservation techniques and will focus on cleaning, resetting and realignment. Additional composite repairs will be completed from previous days work.

 

The event is raising funds for the Christopher P Robinson International Preservation Trades Exchange Scholarship which will fund preservationists to travel overseas to expand their skills and knowledge. The instructors are donating there time and services, & Atlas Preservation is donating all supplies.

* Moss Rudley: National Park Service, Historic Preservation Training Center 

* Jonathan Appell: Atlas Preservation Inc.

* Old Norborne Cemetery, 127 W. South Street, Martinsburg, West Virginia 

* Cost : One Day $100, Two Day $185.00. Lunch will be provided. 

* Contact Info: Moss Rudley: mossrudley@yahoo.com phone: 304-261-1748 or Jon Appell: jwappell@gmail.com phone- 860-558-2785

* Registration/ Payment:: ptn.org, or checks made to PTN co/ CRMSF, or pay at event

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Treatments that will be conducted:

* Gravestone cleaning will be discussed, demonstrated & performed. Fragile stones can be harmed if cleaned aggressively. Safe cleaning techniques will be conducted.

* Re-setting of a tablet-stone, which is badly leaning, and or in a sunken condition.

* We will disassemble and then re-construct a multi-piece monument. This will involve discussion on some material options. The process includes re-leveling the base stone, removal of all joining material, applying boding materials, lowering upper element into base stone safely, and properly re-grading around the stone.

* The attendees will also learn how to join broken gravestone fragments together employing stone epoxy, clamping and bracing techniques and options.

* We will discuss the pros and cons of drilling and employing blind pinning.

* An overhead, lifting tripod will be assembled and employed. We will discuss slings and rigging options, and then rig and lift a large monument of some type, which is in need or re-setting due to being unstable or is already fallen.

* Over view materials & process involved in replacing eroded or lost stone with composite infill material. This includes preparation, application, curing of mortars, color matching, etc.

* The process and potential need for consolidation of weak and decayed gravestones will be explained. Problems associated with sealing gravestones will be discussed."

In Ohio - Warning Cemetery Vandalism is a Felony

Thanking the NecroTourist for sharing this photograph of this 

"Cemetery Vandalism is a Felony" Sign

That is installed at the Woodlawn Cemetery

In Zanesville, Muskingum County, Ohio. 

http://codes.ohio.gov/orc/2909.05

(A) No person shall knowingly cause serious physical harm to an occupied structure or any of its contents.

(B)

(1) No person shall knowingly cause physical harm to property that is owned or possessed by another, when either of the following applies:

(a) The property is used by its owner or possessor in the owner's or possessor's profession, business, trade, or occupation, and the value of the property or the amount of physical harm involved is one thousand dollars or more;

(b) Regardless of the value of the property or the amount of damage done, the property or its equivalent is necessary in order for its owner or possessor to engage in the owner's or possessor's profession, business, trade, or occupation.

(2) No person shall knowingly cause serious physical harm to property that is owned, leased, or controlled by a governmental entity. A governmental entity includes, but is not limited to, the state or a political subdivision of the state, a school district, the board of trustees of a public library or public university, or any other body corporate and politic responsible for governmental activities only in geographical areas smaller than that of the state.

(C) No person, without privilege to do so, shall knowingly cause serious physical harm to any tomb, monument, gravestone, or other similar structure that is used as a memorial for the dead; to any fence, railing, curb, or other property that is used to protect, enclose, or ornament any cemetery; or to a cemetery.

(D) No person, without privilege to do so, shall knowingly cause physical harm to a place of burial by breaking and entering into a tomb, crypt, casket, or other structure that is used as a memorial for the dead or as an enclosure for the dead.

(E) Whoever violates this section is guilty of vandalism. Except as otherwise provided in this division, vandalism is a felony of the fifth degree that is punishable by a fine of up to two thousand five hundred dollars in addition to the penalties specified for a felony of the fifth degree in sections 2929.11 to 2929.18 of the Revised Code. If the value of the property or the amount of physical harm involved is seven thousand five hundred dollars or more but less than one hundred fifty thousand dollars, vandalism is a felony of the fourth degree. If the value of the property or the amount of physical harm involved is one hundred fifty thousand dollars or more, vandalism is a felony of the third degree.

(F) For purposes of this section:

(1) "Cemetery" means any place of burial and includes burial sites that contain American Indian burial objects placed with or containing American Indian human remains.

(2) "Serious physical harm" means physical harm to property that results in loss to the value of the property of one thousand dollars or more.

Amended by 129th General AssemblyFile No.29, HB 86, §1, eff. 9/30/2011.

Effective Date: 09-30-1998

Related Legislative Provision: See 129th General AssemblyFile No.29, HB 86, §4