Gravestone Clean-up / Restoration Project at the New Mount Ida Cemetery

Earlier today I was notified that in a couple of weeks there will be a gravestone clean-up and restoration project at the New Mount Ida Cemetery on Saturday June 13th and Sunday June 14th. Joe Ferrannini from Grave Stone Matters will be there lending his expertise at preserving and conserving gravestones. The project will begin around 9 AM.

A very small group has "adopted" the New Mount Ida Cemetery located on Pinewoods Avenue. Through their efforts they are slowly transforming this once abandoned cemetery into a place of welcome. At one time the grass was continually un-mowed and waist high. Numerous fallen trees were all over. However that is not the case today.

The cemetery is on Pinewoods Avenue less than a mile from the intersection of Pinewoods and Pawling Avenues. The group is looking for as many volunteers as can be mustered up. A primer will be given how to clean lichens and environmental pollution from the stones and then we will go and "have at it." After the stones are cleaned, Ferrannini will address the stones that need further attention.

Please spread the word to anyone who may be interested in this kind of volunteer work. They can contact me on this blog and I can get further information from the organizers. Hope to see you there!