- Date
- 2010-05-22
- Kind
- Volunteer_work
- Where
- Beaver Island
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- heritagecommunityconservationgenealogy
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
Volunteers organized a May 22, 2010 headstone-cleaning effort at Beaver Island cemeteries. The organizers supplied the cleaning solution and instructions, requested new plastic scrapers, and later thanked a named group of volunteers. An earlier update reported that an island cleanup crew had completed nearly two rows at Holy Cross Cemetery; the organizers separately noted limited volunteer coverage at the township cemetery.
Evidence limits
This is a forum-based volunteer report, not a cemetery-maintenance log or condition survey. It documents participation and a reported partial result but not every cemetery treated, the final number of stones cleaned, or the long-term condition of the markers.
Sources
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Sources
- A later volunteer notice says the Holy Cross cleanup effort had resumed and names several helpers, with additional work sessions announced; it demonstrates continuing community maintenance but does not quantify the work completed.forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 05 · t005397
- The organizers announced the May 22 cleanup, gave material and safety instructions, reported an initial two-row effort at Holy Cross, and then thanked named volunteers after the cleanup; the thread says the township cemetery had fewer volunteers and does not quantify the total area completed.forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 02 · t002328
- The organizers proposed cleaning headstones at Holy Cross and the township cemetery, obtained Holy Cross Cemetery Board permission, described safety materials, and postponed the October project until spring because of weather. This documents the earlier origin of the effort, not completion in 2009.forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 01 · t001929
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Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Island volunteers clean cemetery headstones before Memorial Day, 2010”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-volunteer-cemetery-headstone-cleaning-2010/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Island Forum, "Headstone Cleaning at Holy Cross Cemetery," August 22–29, 2012. (and 2 further sources listed on the page).
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