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PHOTOS: Green Hill Cemetery part of nationwide cemetery restoration tour
Green Hill Cemetery workshop
Jonathan Appell of Atlas Preservation teaches volunteers how to fix a broken tablet-style marble monument during a workshop in Green Hill Cemetery on June 6. Appell is on a 48-state tour teaching proper techniques for gravestone cleaning and restoration.
Green Hill Cemetery workshop
Jonathan Appell of Atlas Preservation (with his hand against the monument) teaches volunteers how to right a leaning obelisk during a workshop in Green Hill Cemetery on June 6.
Green Hill Cemetery workshop
Jonathan Appell of Atlas Preservation walks volunteers through Section 8 of Green Hill Cemetery during a free restoration workshop.
Green Hill Cemetery workshop
Gabriel Griffin and Asha Hayes, both of Greensboro, use D/2 Biologic Solution, plastic putty knives and soft brushes to remove lichen and other organic material from a headstone during a workshop in Green Hill Cemetery on June 6.
Green Hill Cemetery workshop
Victoria Magee use D/2 Biologic Solution and a plastic putty knife to remove lichen and other organic material from a headstone during a workshop in Green Hill Cemetery on June 6.
Green Hill Cemetery workshop
Asha Hayes of Greensboro use D/2 Biologic Solution and a soft brushes to remove lichen and other organic material from a headstone during a workshop in Green Hill Cemetery.
Green Hill Cemetery workshop
Jonathan Appell of Atlas Preservation and his team stopped at Green Hill Cemetery for a preservation workshop, Thursday, June 6, 2024. Appell is on a 48-state tour teaching proper techniques for gravestone cleaning and restoration.
Green Hill Cemetery workshop
Jonathan Appell of Atlas Preservation teaches volunteers how to fix a broken tablet-style marble monument during a workshop in Green Hill Cemetery, Thursday, June 6, 2024. Appell is on a 48-state tour teaching proper techniques for gravestone cleaning and restoration.
Green Hill Cemetery workshop
Volunteers Ambralyn Tucker (from left), Kristen Lewey and Catherine "Cat" Anderson, all from Raleigh, clean a monument during a workshop in Green Hill Cemetery, Thursday, June 6, 2024.
Green Hill Cemetery workshop
David Craft with Friends of Green Hill Cemetery, tells a bit of the cemetery’s history during a cleaning and preservation workshop conducted by Atlas Preservation, June 6.
Green Hill Cemetery workshop
Jonathan Appell of Atlas Preservation uses a 6-foot pry bar to right a leaning obelisk during a workshop in Green Hill Cemetery, Thursday, June 6, 2024. Appell is on a 48-state tour teaching proper techniques for gravestone cleaning and restoration.
Green Hill Cemetery workshop
Jonathan Appell of Atlas Preservation teaches volunteers how to fix a broken tablet-style marble monument during a workshop in Green Hill Cemetery, Thursday, June 6, 2024.
Green Hill Cemetery workshop
Jonathan Appell of Atlas Preservation spreads a special epoxy on a fractured Tablet monument to bond two sections back together to during a workshop in Green Hill Cemetery, Thursday, June 6, 2024.
Green Hill Cemetery workshop
A Newell family monument in Green Hill Cemetery appears orange after a cleaning with D/2 Biologic Solution during a workshop in Green Hill Cemetery, Thursday, June 6, 2024. Over the next few months the monument will look more normal as the solution works on the lichen and other organic material growing on the monument.
Green Hill Cemetery workshop
Jonathan Appell of Atlas Preservation explains how long exposure to the elements after a monument's fracture can erode the initial break during a workshop in Green Hill Cemetery, Thursday, June 6, 2024.
Green Hill Cemetery workshop
D/2 Biologic Solution is applied to a headstone to work on lichen and other organic material during a workshop in Green Hill Cemetery, Thursday, June 6, 2024.
Green Hill Cemetery workshop
A broken tablet-style monument is flagged for repair in Green Hill Cemetery, Thursday, June 6, 2024.
Green Hill Cemetery workshop
A tablet-style monument in Green Hill Cemetery shows multiple points of damage, Thursday, June 6, 2024.
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