In a message dated 6/26/2005 4:44:50 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
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Interesting article but I literally cringed when the "local history
enthusiast" (who happened to be the president of the cemetery board) used
shaving cream on the stone to read the engraving.  AARRGGHH!!!

Mary Beth Dalton

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Me too (cringed) Mary Beth!
A held hand-mirror reflecting the right-time-of-day sunlight creating shadows
in the engravings is the ticket for reading weatherworn tombstones. Chopping
down old trees and sprinkling, rubbing, lathering or otherwise touching old
stones is not good. Leaving pocket change nearby is a tradition in some camps.
Ed Sherman of Philip

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