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I would liken the process to tearing the page from the courthouse or
library source rather than transcribing the information or making a copy
of the page. Ron
Richardson, Darlene (NCA) wrote:
>If you insist on applying a substance to the headstones to read the
>inscriptions, do the right thing and take water along to wash off the
>substance when you're finished. Leaving the residue will only degrade
>the stone's inscriptions further and obliterate them from future
>wanderers being able to read them. Conservators do NOT recommend
>applying such materials to headstones/markers/monuments.
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>Darlene Richardson, Historian
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>National Cemetery Administration (41C4)
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>U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
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>810 Vermont Avenue, NW
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>Washington, DC 20420
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>(202) 565-5426
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>Fax: (202) 565-4211
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>Website: www.cem.va.gov
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