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 […]
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. […]
Love old cemeteries? We do too! Join us for Tombstone Mysteries, a fun and free volunteer event, to help restore historic areas of Plano Mutual Cemetery! Tombstone Mysteries: Solve ‘Em & Save ‘Em will take place Saturday, April 16, 2016 from 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. at the Plano Mutual Cemetery, 2128 18th St. in Plano, […]
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 […]
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 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 […]
Here is a link to a great video highlighting the importance of using a product like D/2 Biological Solution that is safe for historic monument preservation. This video was produced by the Houston Arts & Media group. Enjoy! Click here for Preserving Historic Cemeteries Video
