Reply #9: Cleaning up a grave site is not disturbing it [View All]

It's one of the most respectful things you can do for those buried there. It means a lot of hand work...you don't go in with a bush hog...but if it were illegal to clean up a grave site, then your better cemeteries would look like this one, wouldn't they?

Frankly, I think your boss just wanted to get out of some work. Check with local authorities and then contact a historical society for some help returning the area to a nice aspect. Oh, and the inscriptions on those headstones can be brought back up. Our Girl Scout Plantation includes a small cemetery dating back to the 1700's with gravestones that were much like the ones you photographed. A memorial maker was able to clean up the stones and restore the inscriptions for us.