On Friday the 20th of May, we will be straightening the Marsh Infant markers in Howard Cemetery. There are five markers of Marsh Infants in various stages of leaning. These stones are at the end of Row #1. All five Marsh Infants are siblings.
First we will excavated the stone on the opposite of the lean, then we will rock the stone side to side to straighten it. If the stone was rocked back and forth the stone could break from the pressure. After we have straightened it and checked that it is plume and level, we will fill in around the stones with a pea gravel and sand mixture of equal proportions. The fill mixture will be tamped down and mounded and slanted away from the stone; so when it rains the water will bleed of the stone down the slant and away from the stone. We will not clean these stones; until they have be straightened; as to not put stress on the leaning stones.
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