Thank you so much, Daniel! It is definitely something that feels good to do for the forgotten. I get a lot of peace out of it.

Thank you very much. Just trying to do my part in the world.

I concur with your sentiment.

@@carringtonlefayette8644 I further concur with the sentiment that you concurred with

My kids have been having a great time at the cemetery. Sometimes we research some of the graves at the library and see if we can find out more information from microfiche.

Wow! Great story. Thanks for commenting, Holger!

How are you doing 1 year later in your retirement? Still cleaning? @topper1958

@@jwall62 I’m still cleaning from time to time.

@@topper1958 how’s your retirement? I just retired in January 2024.

@@jwall62 Congradulations. It’s liberating and freedom all rolled into one. I’ve fully embraced my second childhood. My only issue is that my Mom is quite elderly and her health is in decline. So I take care of her which is OK. When the time comes I’ll sell the house and move to South Carolina. I have many places I long to visit. My advise to you is to stay healthy. I take around 18,000 steps a day, cover between 5-10 miles a day and keep busy. Ride my bike, cutting the lawns, whatever to have purpose. In these Biden times of hyper inflation, spent wisely. I still put money aside each month. Social Security, pension and an annuity guarantee income for life. I also have a slush fund for travel and such. Enjoy. And praise God in everything you do. At our age we are, “nearer my God to thee”.

@@topper1958 congratulations to you too. In always happy to hear the success stories. We’re taking care of my mother in law too, but she’s now in assisted living so some of the pressure is off (mainly my wife). Hope you have a long and healthy life, blessings.

Thanks for watching and commenting, CP! Very interesting regarding the 1918 data. I'll need to pay even closer attention to the dates to see if there are any more patterns.

Yeh, just Google "spanish flu 1918". Something like that could hit our country (and/or the world) easily again and would be devastating. It's very sobering.

City Prepping - Well... This comment aged well.

@@CityPrepping So dangerous that there are almost 8 billion of us now! So devastating!

@@CityPrepping And look what happened!

I didn’t get the impression he was doing this for ‘kicks ad giggles’. Somewhat disrespectful of you.

Will do! My wife is already on it.

Great idea!!

@@TheUrbanPrepper If she isn't already doing so, please, please consider uploading your pictures to findagrave.com. It's one of the go-to sites for genealogy researchers and often the headstones pictured are very hard to read. Thank you for what you do!

Find A Grave is such a depository for grave stone information. Free and a great community of respectful folks.

@@l7846 it’s really the premiere one out there

Wow! Thank you so much for the kind words. It's really humbling.

I'm sure the dead people appreciate it! Nevermind the living that no one cares about anymore ...

@@3nertia the dead and the living relatives appreciate it as well as the non-relatives. People care about the living too but you have to honor the dead and insure they still have a place in history somewhere

@@AtomizedSound All evidence to the contrary

Thanks for the detailed comment! Definitely food for thought. Fortunately, I don't think my particular project will impact environmental data too much. :)

TheUrbanPrepper Love what you do Cliff!!

@@PreparedUK here in the USA lichen doesn't take but a couple years to grow on roofs and vinyl siding and etc etc. on roofs it does a lot of damage.they love lime-stone .. and as history has shown scientist are often wrong and one sided...these dating methods are often wrong..for example. stalactites and stalagmites are said to be accurate ways for dating..yet moisture and leaching are the 2 factor, that are never the same during floods or droughts.so using these methods, like fungi growth, depends food and conditions, so to date anything only sounds good to the blind following the blind .to me this is common sense.not a accurate date.

Thanks for watching, Paul! It's been a very rewarding project for me to do.

That's been the funnest part for me; having my kids take part in this activity.

Wow! Amazing work, Clarence! I've been organizing community cleaning events now so we can knock out around 50 in a day. If I can get around 15 people to come and we all try to do at least 3 in a day, then we hit our mark.

What do you charge

@@capitalismconquerspoverty6018 nothing

clarence hollowell nothing wrong with giving back, I do power washing and am adding monument restoration this year.

@@capitalismconquerspoverty6018 please don't use a pressure washer on the stones. Over time the pressure erodes the stone especially the lettering.

Thanks! That is a very cool story. What are the odds of that? I'm glad you're taking care of both sites.

Good to know regarding the rust! I didn't know that.

Please see my comments (and the question) to The Urban Pepper located a few inches above. I was told by a cemetery sexton to NEVER EVER use ANY type of brush on any headstones, no matter what substance they are formed from. Why then, am I seeing in this KZfaq presentation and some of the following comments, that it is all right to use a brush? I am so confused, I really am not sure how to proceed. Thank you for any assistance you can provide, Wandering Ranger.

Wandering Ranger Cleaning a gravestone with bleach is not a good idea. Bleach is at the top of the list as the number one harmful cleaner most used. Most who use it do because it’s cheap, kills germs and fungi, and it will bleach white a marble stone but it's very harmful. Also be very very careful if using a power washer to clean gravestones as too high of pressure can strip layers of stone off the grave maker.

@@57HarleyDavidson I agree with you but our customers wanted instant results so they we’re happy with pressure washing. But I don’t do that job anymore so it’s not a problem haha

@@kathleenstamm3918 I’m sorry I’ve only just seen your comment, it depends on what you’re prepared to do to get the desired results depending on what material it’s made from I.e granite or marble, granite is very dense and if it’s polished shouldn’t take much work to clean, water and a piece of cuttlefish on polished faces would work, marble however is another story as it can be porous and after a few years of frost it can make the surface quite sugary, various cleaning products will bring some brightness back to it but if you want it to look brand new then it would need the sugary level ground down back to good stone and depending on the depth of the lettering possibly rein-scribed.

Yep! I often times use those too! Sometimes I use wood tongue depressors too.

Thanks for watching this video, Jade! I was originally worried that viewers wouldn't like watching a non-Prepping video. I really appreciate the responses thus far.

Thanks for watching, Pat. I appreciate the kind words. When I'm cleaning the sites, I like thinking that the parents are really happy that their baby's site is being restored.

@@TheUrbanPrepper I passed it on to my family members .... they really liked it =) Thanks for sharing the great cleaning idea =)

Very cool! Thanks for sharing it with your family!

That is SO cool to hear! I'm glad that you enjoyed this video.

I'm really glad that you enjoyed it, Thalia!

That's awesome to hear! Thanks for sharing.

LOL! True!

Very cool! It's definitely a project that I get a lot of enjoyment out of it.

Does the D2 remove hard water, if you spray on and let it sit for several days, weeks, or months?

Thanks! We've been having a lot of fun doing this.

I'm glad you enjoyed this video, Scott! I hope you start working on patriot graves. I think you will really enjoy it.

Thanks for commenting. You should give it a second chance. There's a lot of enjoyment in the process.

Glad it was helpful!

Happy to help!

Thank you, Agnos!

You are very welcome! Thanks for watching!

If I'm ever down in that area I'd be happy to clean it up for you. RIP.

Thank you so much.

Thanks for watching, Carl!

Thank you so much, Al.

Wow! Perfect timing! Thanks, Luca!

@@TheUrbanPrepper hello, I have the first results of the test with the bacterial products on cement, if you are interested send me e-mail address that I send you the photos

Thank you so much for the detailed comment! I'm really happy that you've been happy with my content. Thanks for the out of the box thinking regarding D2 for SHTF.

You're very welcome, Sandra! Thanks for watching.

Thanks a bunch, Matt. I'm really glad that you enjoyed the video.

I've got more videos on the way! Thanks for watching!