Hello friends, Please forgive me for answering a note directed to Walt and Micki. The Indiana Historical Society and DNR-Division of Historic Preservation & Archeology is looking forward to hosting the following workshops where Walt and Micki will share their extensive experience and expertise. Please contact me with any questions and look for registration brochures to appear soon at http://www.indianahistory.org/lhs/workshops.html (where pictures from last year's workshops are also available!) Kind regards, Corrie Corrie E. Cook Assistant, Local History Services Indiana Historical Society 450 West Ohio Street Indianapolis, IN 46202 317.233.8913 317.234.0427 fax ccook@indianahistory.org www.indianahistory.org Straightening Up the Yard: Basic Hands-on Cemetery Preservation Workshop Day One: Gravestone Symbolism and Art; Cemetery Law and Registry Friday, June 9, 1 p.m.-4:30 p.m. Location: Indiana History Center, Indianapolis Sheila Riley, long-standing member of the Association for Gravestone Studies, will draw on more than 20 years of research and experience to discuss the symbolism, artistry, and traditions of Indiana pioneer cemeteries and Jeannie Regan-Dinius, DHPA-DNR employee and coordinator of the Indiana Cemetery Registry, will address Indiana legislation that affects cemetery preservation work and the Indiana Cemetery and Burial Grounds Registry. Day Two: Basic Cemetery Restoration Workshop Saturday, June 10, 9:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m. Participants will take individual stones through the entire preservation process, from cleaning to straightening and resetting. Instructors John Walters, Micki Walters, and Daniel Faris will instruct and supervise participants in the use of appropriate preservation techniques. Participants will learn and practice skills including stone cleaning, resetting leaning stones, resetting stones in slotted bases, and global positioning system. Assembling the Pieces of History: Advanced Hands-On Cemetery Restoration Workshop August 19, 9:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m. This full-day workshop will focus on advanced cemetery restoration techniques. Topics covered will include fixing simple breaks, resetting obelisks, determining the original location of a stone once it's been moved, and how to mix stone dust to fill in cracks. Most of the workshop will be spent in the cemetery, where participants will gain valuable hands-on experience repairing stones. Participants must have attended one of the Indiana Historical Society's Basic Cemetery Preservation workshops or have prior cemetery preservation experience. -----Original Message----- From: Jackbriles@aol.com [mailto:Jackbriles@aol.com] Sent: Friday, April 21, 2006 10:53 AM To: INPCRP-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [INPCRP] Workshops ???? Walt, we miss seeing you and Micki, Betty and I have had a tough time the last year with her broken neck, and now she has had a Malignant Mole removed on her back. But the Doc says he believes he caught it in time, we will know in a week. I have been asked if you are giving any workshops this summer, and if so where and when. A few people in this area are interested in attending one put on by you. Hopefully no farther North than Indianapolis. Let me know if you have any planed. Best wishes to the both of you, Jack & Betty Briles jackbriles@aol.com ==== 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."