Decoration Day 1868

Decoration Day 1868 “Preserving History one grave stone at a time”. We restore and repair the grave stones of Veterans and other older stones.

A few years ago I saw this style headstone and had a couple made. A friend of the family has a family member who grav...
09/01/2026

A few years ago I saw this style headstone and had a couple made.
A friend of the family has a family member who grave has been unmarked for some time now.
I have started engraving the rose and I will engrave the front and back of the stone with this rose in the photos.
Not planning to post the completed photo. Let me know if you like how this stone looks.
I really like the looks of the older style stones.

Section 21 in Woodland Cemetery located in Ironton, Lawrence County Ohio. I completed applying 17 gallons of enduranc...
08/31/2026

Section 21 in Woodland Cemetery located in Ironton, Lawrence County Ohio.
I completed applying 17 gallons of endurance grave stone cleaner to this section.
In a few months we hope the biological growth will be gone and the grave stones will be much cleaner.
Took a little over 6 hours to complete this task. I would say it would take the same amount of time for one person trim around all those stones in that section.

Newton Cemetery in Coal Grove Lawrence County Ohio. Applied 3 gallons of endurance grave stone cleaner to all of th...
08/31/2026

Newton Cemetery in Coal Grove Lawrence County Ohio.
Applied 3 gallons of endurance grave stone cleaner to all of the monuments in the cemetery.
Thank you to the village for allowing Decoration Day 1868 to help keep the biological growth down in Newton Cemetery.

10 gallons of Endurance Grave stone cleaner was applied in New Carlisle Ohio Cemetery. A remarkable civil war statue...
08/29/2026

10 gallons of Endurance Grave stone cleaner was applied in New Carlisle Ohio Cemetery.
A remarkable civil war statue of a Union Soldier is the center point in one section. Several unions soldiers are buried in this section along with one confederate soldier.
I had applied endurance to the Union Statue a few months ago but was not able to reach the top. With the ladder I took today I believe I was able to spray to the top.
All marble stones in this section had endurance applied to them.
I saw two other monuments in the shape of tree trunks and they were made from limestone.
The large white marble cript in the last photo is much cleaner this year than last.

Placed several more monuments to mark the graves of the Past Grand Marshal’s of the Ironton Lawrence County Memorial Day...
08/26/2026

Placed several more monuments to mark the graves of the Past Grand Marshal’s of the Ironton Lawrence County Memorial Day Parade.
Jim and Connie Adkins,
Mr. James Rowe,
Jerry Kerns,
Arthur Pierson, who is still living but lost his wife recently.
Harold Spears.

Went back to a couple of cemeteries to reapply endurance grave stone cleaner.
08/25/2026

Went back to a couple of cemeteries to reapply endurance grave stone cleaner.

We will continue to recognize others who have helped along the way to continue the Ironton Lawrence County Memorial Day ...
08/16/2026

We will continue to recognize others who have helped along the way to continue the Ironton Lawrence County Memorial Day Parade.

08/15/2026

Some of our work. So glad we’re able to do things like this.

Maplewood Cemetery in Elkins West Virginia. A few days ago I saw a post on Facebook where Becky Compton was having p...
08/15/2026

Maplewood Cemetery in Elkins West Virginia.
A few days ago I saw a post on Facebook where Becky Compton was having problems finding someone to fix her Mother and Fathers grave stone.
I first contacted her brother David and then commented with Becky about their problem.
Today I’m pleased to announce that their parents grave stone is back up and level.
Conditions were I believe that the base had sunk in the ground to the point it became unstable and fell down hill.
I leveled the base with a fine gravel and then returned home he die to the top of the base stone. Used monument setting compound to seal the two stones, used an epoxy to secure the two stones and lead wedge to space the stones apart.
Should be good for a while. The issue is it’s on a hill and the ground around the stones stays damp.
Sure glad we were able to help Becky and David.

08/11/2026

New monument marks Garden Tomb of the Unknown Buffalo Soldier 🔽

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2358 County Road 103
Ironton, OH
45638

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