VIDEO: Man Spends Spare Time Restoring Grime-Covered Gravestones in Michigan Cemeteries

One Michigan man has been spending his spare time caring for the once-quick, long-passed residents of a local graveyard. Driven by a love for history and great respect for his predecessors who built his country, manufacturing engineer Vince Nestico, 49, recently started refreshing aged and neglected gravestones. He was thusly inspired by a friend who has been restoring headstones for a few years, and started learning and practicing the process last year before striking out on his own. “I don’t go in with a specific grave in mind. I let nature draw me to where I’m needed,” he told The Epoch Times, adding that he tries to visit local cemeteries once or twice a week. There are so many unkept graves in disrepair and need of freshening up. (Courtesy of Vince Nestico) “Using clean water and a professional grade biological cleaner, I remove the lichens and soil from the stone with gentle brushes,” …
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