Gravestone Cleaning Ticktoks - Are They a Crime?

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i'm emma fitzpatrick. I thought this as an awesome question, so awesome it was on a lot of minds. Do you call them zinks, or is that just a heathcliff the cat? No, people, i don't call them that cause i think it it sounds funny. They're using what looks like a chemical. Is a non ionic biological solution. The main one in north americais called dtwo biological solution to staining while safely removing environmental staining and stuff like lichen growth. And then it also sits in the stone and inhibits furtherLichen growth and staining for like, several years after you use it. It's really

Bidding farewell to the sweetest and spookiest month, we traipse past graves with archeologist, conservator and Taphologist Robyn Lacy. What’s the difference between a graveyard and a cemetery? Is it wrong to picnic in one? And can tombstone scrubbing help the world and soothe your living soul? Plus, font trends on headstones, old-timey gravestone emojis, a coffin-within-a-coffin, the best epitaphs and knowing the difference between slate, marble, and granite monuments. To celebrate Halloween, stop by the cemetery gates to do zinckies with your best ghosties. (That will make sense later.)

Robyn S. Lacy’s website: spadeandthegrave.com

Follow her @graveyard_arch on Twitter and Instagram

Gravestone conservation info: blackcatcemeterypreservation.wordpress.com

A donation went to UNICEF Canada's COVID-19 vaccine initiative: https://www.unicef.ca/en/what-we-do/donate-to-coronavirus?fbclid=IwAR2df-h92Svs5lURmjea4qsq-8P6xbeieDajBFbQPfkHvQYjNGHhPzOePJk

Halloween Scavenger Hunt info: https://www.talkdeath.com/talkdeath-halloween-cemetery-scavenger-hunt/