Hi Larry, Yup, they did use stainless steel. William Spurlock Saving Graves http://www.savinggraves.com -----Original Message----- From: larry galloway [mailto:galloway@kconline.com] Sent: Friday, January 18, 2002 10:55 AM To: INPCRP-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [INPCRP] FW: Harrison Cemetery I love the idea, and the way it looks, however I have to agree with you it puts it out of most people abilities and price range. It is very nice though. And I have never seen anything like it. I think its a great idea....They must have used stainless steel..er at least I hope they did. Tisha On Friday, January 18, 2002, at 09:17 AM, William Spurlock wrote: > Hi, > > A few days ago, I received a email from a lady who had restored two > gravestones in the Harrison Cemetery in Kalamazoo County, Michigan. The > process that was used in restoring these two stones is something that > I've > never seen before and I was just wondering if anyone else had seen > something > like this, and what kind of opinions you might have on something like > this. > > I have to admit that from what I see, I'm not really sure what I think > of it > yet. My first thought is that the cost and the labor involved would put > out > of reach of most people. I was also a little confused at first, thinking > that the "faceplate" was covering the carving on the stone until I > realized > that what they refer to as the front is really the back of the stone. > > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~maizeblue6/index42.html > > And > > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~maizeblue6/index56.html > > William Spurlock > Saving Graves > http://www.savinggraves.com > > > > > ==== INPCRP Mailing List ==== > Blessed are the Elderly, for they remember what we will never know. > > ==== INPCRP Mailing List ==== Quote from William Gladstone (1809-1897), three-time Prime Minister of England and Victorian contemporary of Benjamin Disraeli: "Show me the manner in which a nation or community cares for its dead and I will measure with mathematical exactness the tender mercies of its people, their respect for the laws of the land, and their loyalty to high ideals."