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Fascinating to watch! Five good men bringing their knowledge, life experience and common sense together to accomplish a wonderful thing. Thank you for sharing this.
Phenomenal work, gentlemen. Ever since I started watching your vlogs, I do not look at grave markers so casually anymore. Thank you for the ongoing education.
Standing tall n straight he is. This is wonderful what all of you have done. I’m sure Mr. Adam Byrd is looking down from Heaven n saying thank you boys for caring. Many thanks to Mr. Dan n to Scott also inhelping Robert make this possible. Oh, you too Walt n Aaron. Not enough words to say thank you. So proud of all of you. ♥️♥️♥️😊👍👍👍👍👍
I'm so happy you've repaired Adam and Elizabeth's headstone. Elizabeth has been my hero, protecting the brothers from Union troops during the war. The tripod worked so well, as did you, Robert, and your crew.
This is really interesting and I learned a lot about how monuments are assembled. You guys did a beautiful job on this one. It was really bothering me, when you showed it in the first video, how it was tilting. Keep up the good work! 👍
Robert, surrounded by great friends, men with great ideas, and all willing to help in getting the stones level and reset🙂. Thank you for all your ideas, work in helping Robert preserve the headstone, and history to all those at rest there. Thank you to Robert, Dan, Scott, Aaron, and Brian for your work, in resetting the stones, recording and documenting all the work. God bless you all.
You all did a beautiful job and Mr and Mrs Byrd are looking down saying thank you boys for doing this for us. Robert you know how to show your love and respect for the home you now own and respect for the Byrd family your a great man and so are those men that helped you today .
Great work! I have used setting compound on marble before but lately have decided I like using hydraulic lime mortar better… you guys did a great job! Keep up the good work!
Great job all of you. Preservation of peoples ajd memories of the past is always important as well as preservation of historical markers. You all should do this on this channel often and restore broken markers properly for preservation so families can find their ancestors. These should also be documented in pictures and posted on your channel Mr Robert. P. S. There are some BYRD FAMILY MEMBERS UP HERE IN KENTUCKY
God bless you. Just wish everyone would take time to care for a grave. There are so many forgotten. I've adopted several around my family's graves. Wish there were more people like you in the world. It would be such a nicer place.
Really professional job, it looks as if it were just erected. This reset should last for decades. It was fun seeing everyone together too! Question: Is the putty specifically for masonry? I had to use an epoxy on my grandparent's headstone to set and keep the urns in place. 👍👍❣
Gentlemen! While I have watched the Sidestep Adventures,The old Byrd Farm and any of y'alls' videos.This one I thoroughly enjoyed the whole process and the fine example of teamwork! Respectfully Ray!
There are so so many beautiful historical gravestones here in UK that have been allowed to fall into disrepair.. How i wish there were people like you doing this over here. Husband and I are both too old for such heavy work now but we would definitely financially support any such groups here in Bonnie Scotland. Well done what a fantastic job you alldid.
Now when that putty dry out, just come back with D2 and wet that headstone with it thurally, to be damp, and leave it over winter when there's more moisture to work, it should be white until spring. Great job! Old cemeteries are my passion, that's how I found your channel, so glad to see after lot of cleanups you also did restoration.
I fixed a possible relative Priest's tilted tombstone that was facing the wrong way. The stone was around 300 pounds. It must have fallen and city put it up backwards facing west. Catholics are always buried facing the sunrise. Their records were lost in a sextant fire in 1920 and he was buried in 1919. I pushed the stone over and dug out the dirt down to the 4' frost line on the concrete footing under the pedestal. I pushed the pedestal and footing back plumb then put the excess dirt on the other side void. The city stopped by to lock the cemetery for the night. They told me to lock the gate when I leave. It took me hours to turn the stone around and flip it back upright. I finished at 10 pm.
God bless you guy's!! When I see some of the grave site's you show I want to cry. People who go in and trash a grave site's have no morals. That is a person's loved one grave that you just trashed. Be respectful.
Thank you Guys for doing this. I know it not an easy job to do but You all care enough to do your best. God Bless you Robert, Dan an Scott for taking time from other things to come together ❤️ to do this. ❤️ ❤️
Obelisks can be quite problematic! Mortar as opposed to concrete is the better idea. Often the mortar and slag stone under the base is the better idea. Good Job!!
It looks nice now there are some head stones there that need to be cared for. And a little grass seed and The Byrd Garden will be beautiful. My grandmother would say we have to take care of the family garden twice a month. It was a big Memorial Gardens
I was there and I didn't get it at the time. That is hilarious! Good one Dan, I get it now. I now he didn't mean it that way, but now that you think about it... (Scott)
That was wonderful! I know that 3 old ladies could not do this, but with the help of a strong young son or two, we should be able to fix falling and downed stones. Thanks so much!
Great volunteer job! 👍🏻Library in CT had a presentation on our Colonial cemetery. The Old Cemetery Board person said they got a quote from a restorer of $10,000 to fix 10 headstones! 😲 He wouldn't do 1 or 2, said it would not be worth it. We are a suburban "working class" town with no relatives resting there. I thought if I hit the lottery (big) maybe, but otherwise I can't see it happening. The town cuts the grass and rakes up the leaves and that's about it. This was pre covid, economic collapse.
None of us are related to the Byrds, we just thought it was the right thing to do. If we waited on the city to do something it would be laying on the ground. So we took it on ourselves and did it, no quotes, very little money (sometimes people just have to do it). When it comes to the local government, they need to go and let's find the "Self Starters" in our communities and vote them into office. Can I get an Amen! (Scott)
That’s terrible! I have been working in my local cemetery raising and repairing headstones for about 3 years now… many times the job only takes about $50 worth of materials to complete… alot of times the time and effort it takes is a lot! But every monument saved is absolutely 100% worth it!!! I have people that call and hire me to do simple cleaning jobs… the money I make from those is what I use to do the repair work…. And like Scott said… if you wait for someone else to do it it will never get done.
Yea! Aaron to the rescue. Great video idea Robert. 4 great guys to watch and learn from. Good work. Oh my, didn't see Roberts other friend Brian from Side Step Adventures handling his camera.
That was a Pileated Woodpecker! We have them here in Oregon also. Their sound is like something from the tropics! They are beautiful; red, whits and black and one of the largest woodpeckers! K.
glad you didn't smash your fingers when putting the bottom stone and middle stone and top stone on , using lead as spacers was great to keep the stones from sliding ,I would have used a historic lime mortar to join the pieces back together ,back when it was 1st erected it was probably dry stacked no wedge lead evident when you took the monument apart .
Mr Dan digging reminded me something my father once told me, "I learned a long time ago to avoid things with handles" Has Mr Dan aquired a pet buzzard yet?
It looks beautiful! I’m sure your ancestors are great full. And it’s good to know your little set up works so well, but I think you will need a bigger one for a headstone any taller than that.🐝🤗❤️
As far as I can make out its not a relative buried there but rather it's the man who built one of their homes. While we in Europe may not truly consider a house built in this time period historically important remember how young the country of America is. To Americans this is in fact considered to be an old building indeed.
From nearly toppling to level. We did a great job, if I do say so myself.
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You fellas look so beautiful doing this work. Wow. Thanks
It looks so good 😏
Well done, protecting another piece of history from future damage from a fall. Great team you have there.
I could watch and listen to you all day. No cross words. Just love and respect between all. Love from Australia. Love to you all.xxx
You guys did a. AWESOME job Thank you for doing this. It means alot an shows respect. An that there are People who still Care. Wonderful job.
Beautiful job, gentlemen. I love seeing good restoration work.
Fascinating to watch! Five good men bringing their knowledge, life experience and common sense together to accomplish a wonderful thing. Thank you for sharing this.
Phenomenal work, gentlemen. Ever since I started watching your vlogs, I do not look at grave markers so casually anymore. Thank you for the ongoing education.
Totally agree!!
Standing tall n straight he is. This is wonderful what all of you have done. I’m sure Mr. Adam Byrd is looking down from Heaven n saying thank you boys for caring.
Many thanks to Mr. Dan n to Scott also inhelping Robert make this possible. Oh, you too Walt n Aaron. Not enough words to say thank you.
So proud of all of you.
♥️♥️♥️😊👍👍👍👍👍
God Bless all of you!!!! 🙏🙏🙏
I'm so happy you've repaired Adam and Elizabeth's headstone. Elizabeth has been my hero, protecting the brothers from Union troops during the war. The tripod worked so well, as did you, Robert, and your crew.
All I can say guys is...THANK YOU FOR ALL THE LOVE AND CARE YOU PUT INTO THIS!!!!!!
This is really interesting and I learned a lot about how monuments are assembled. You guys did a beautiful job on this one. It was really bothering me, when you showed it in the first video, how it was tilting. Keep up the good work! 👍
Robert, surrounded by great friends, men with great ideas, and all willing to help in getting the stones level and reset🙂. Thank you for all your ideas, work in helping Robert preserve the headstone, and history to all those at rest there. Thank you to Robert, Dan, Scott, Aaron, and Brian for your work, in resetting the stones, recording and documenting all the work. God bless you all.
You all did a beautiful job and Mr and Mrs Byrd are looking down saying thank you boys for doing this for us. Robert you know how to show your love and respect for the home you now own and respect for the Byrd family your a great man and so are those men that helped you today .
Great work! I have used setting compound on marble before but lately have decided I like using hydraulic lime mortar better… you guys did a great job! Keep up the good work!
You guys are truly THE BEST! May God continue to bless you!
Excellent work at repairing and restoring and maintaining historical cemeteries which is so badly needed in every community!
What a good job. Always appreciate the cemetery, monument, vault workers, you have hard jobs. (Retired Funeral Director)
Y'all did an amazing job. THANK you for your preservation/restoration efforts and honoring of those departed ones.
Great job all of you. Preservation of peoples ajd memories of the past is always important as well as preservation of historical markers. You all should do this on this channel often and restore broken markers properly for preservation so families can find their ancestors. These should also be documented in pictures and posted on your channel Mr Robert. P. S. There are some BYRD FAMILY MEMBERS UP HERE IN KENTUCKY
God bless you. Just wish everyone would take time to care for a grave. There are so many forgotten. I've adopted several around my family's graves. Wish there were more people like you in the world. It would be such a nicer place.
Wonderful job, it worked perfectly. Looks Great, Proud of you Robert, and crew.
You have done a fantastic job!!! I thoroughly enjoyed watching you all level the tomb...brilliant!! 👍👏👏👏♥️ Great to see Brian!!! 🤩
Really professional job, it looks as if it were just erected. This reset should last for decades. It was fun seeing everyone together too! Question: Is the putty specifically for masonry? I had to use an epoxy on my grandparent's headstone to set and keep the urns in place. 👍👍❣
Gentlemen! While I have watched the Sidestep Adventures,The old Byrd Farm and any of y'alls' videos.This one I thoroughly enjoyed the whole process and the fine example of teamwork! Respectfully Ray!
What a wonderful thing you are all doing. So kind and caring. Best wishes from the UK 🇬🇧
There are so so many beautiful historical gravestones here in UK that have been allowed to fall into disrepair.. How i wish there were people like you doing this over here. Husband and I are both too old for such heavy work now but we would definitely financially support any such groups here in Bonnie Scotland. Well done what a fantastic job you alldid.
Great video Robert 👍. Great to see all of you working together.
I am in love with Mr. Dan. What an amazing job you have all done.
Wow, this was amazing to see this done. Amazing team work and the monument looks awesome.
The bird you’re hearing is likely a Pileated Woodpecker. Great work and enjoyable video!
Nice work, guys! Kudos for taking care of that. Very heartwarming to see!!
Now when that putty dry out, just come back with D2 and wet that headstone with it thurally, to be damp, and leave it over winter when there's more moisture to work, it should be white until spring. Great job! Old cemeteries are my passion, that's how I found your channel, so glad to see after lot of cleanups you also did restoration.
I felt emotional during the restoration. What a special tribute to the Byrd family.
It would be so amazing to get a urn back on top. Beautiful job guys!
I love that you Men are preserving old family plots.many blessings to you all 🙏
Spectacular job gentlemen. Keep up the great work 👍. I hope others will find it in them to go out and do the same.👍🌟🌟🌟🌟
Excellent job, fellas. Such respect for the dead. I wish every community had the respect y'all have.
The Byrds have wonderful caretakers!
Some assembly required. From oral history to actual application. Journeyman work by novices. Good job all. Thank you. Thank you for sharing.
Fabulous job! A labor of love and respect.
Go below the freeze line and set gravel or pea stone set THE MONUMENT it with a level that should stay put and even....
This Monument had a huge chunk of very uneven shaped concrete attached to the base.
Lower Ga has no freeze line. The longest freeze we've had in 20 years is 4 hours in Feb.
I fixed a possible relative Priest's tilted tombstone that was facing the wrong way. The stone was around 300 pounds. It must have fallen and city put it up backwards facing west. Catholics are always buried facing the sunrise. Their records were lost in a sextant fire in 1920 and he was buried in 1919. I pushed the stone over and dug out the dirt down to the 4' frost line on the concrete footing under the pedestal. I pushed the pedestal and footing back plumb then put the excess dirt on the other side void. The city stopped by to lock the cemetery for the night. They told me to lock the gate when I leave. It took me hours to turn the stone around and flip it back upright. I finished at 10 pm.
God bless you guy's!! When I see some of the grave site's you show I want to cry. People who go in and trash a grave site's have no morals. That is a person's loved one grave that you just trashed. Be respectful.
Outstanding teamwork. Well done! I would like to know what the name of the putty that was used. I need some. Thanks really enjoy watching your videos.
That sounds really good I hope you guys some good prayers thank you
You did a wonderful job. It looks great. Mr. Byrd would be so proud!
People like you and your friends are real hard to find today please keep it up God bless
I have an old lady fan girl crush on Mr Dan, what a treasure he is, so much knowledge and experience to share & teach you guys with ❤🤍💙
Mr. Dan , What is the difference between plumbers putty and monument putty ?
y'all will never go wrong doing right💯🙏❤️🇺🇲🏆🏆
Isn’t that how they think the pyramids were built?
Great job🪦
this is very nice video I wish you could do a few more stones that needs fixing that you find
Amazing, you did an awesome job of getting it restored!
You guys are amazing great job it looks nice bless you all for what you do
Thank you Guys for doing this. I know it not an easy job to do but You all care enough to do your best. God Bless you Robert, Dan an Scott for taking time from other things to come together ❤️ to do this. ❤️ ❤️
So nice to see someone tending these older cemeteries. Great job gentlemen.
It looks great!!! What an honorable thing to do in respect to Mr. Byrd! Thank you all for caring!
Amazing job guys. The Spirits of the dead thank you for caring.🙏🙏
You all did a fantastic job! It looks great.
Great job by all of you. Keep up the awesome work.
Wow that was fantastic. What a lovely heart you have Robert. It was wonderful to watch. Thanks for taking me along. Please stay safe and take care
That was interesting on how your tri-pod works. Looks great.
You Guys did and awesome job!!! It looks great.
Obelisks can be quite problematic! Mortar as opposed to concrete is the better idea. Often the mortar and slag stone under the base is the better idea. Good Job!!
Great Video and you guys good for you restoring that grave stone
you've done a wonderful thing in fixing that stone
It looks nice now there are some head stones there that need to be cared for. And a little grass seed and The Byrd Garden will be beautiful. My grandmother would say we have to take care of the family garden twice a month. It was a big Memorial Gardens
Warms my heart, that you all have done that , well done and God bless you all 👍
Dig too deep and you could literally‘open a can of worms’ 😂😂 Humour, with respect from an ex funeral director 💖🇦🇺
I was there and I didn't get it at the time. That is hilarious! Good one Dan, I get it now. I now he didn't mean it that way, but now that you think about it... (Scott)
That was wonderful! I know that 3 old ladies could not do this, but with the help of a strong young son or two, we should be able to fix falling and downed stones. Thanks so much!
Great volunteer job! 👍🏻Library in CT had a presentation on our Colonial cemetery. The Old Cemetery Board person said they got a quote from a restorer of $10,000 to fix 10 headstones! 😲 He wouldn't do 1 or 2, said it would not be worth it. We are a suburban "working class" town with no relatives resting there. I thought if I hit the lottery (big) maybe, but otherwise I can't see it happening. The town cuts the grass and rakes up the leaves and that's about it. This was pre covid, economic collapse.
None of us are related to the Byrds, we just thought it was the right thing to do. If we waited on the city to do something it would be laying on the ground. So we took it on ourselves and did it, no quotes, very little money (sometimes people just have to do it). When it comes to the local government, they need to go and let's find the "Self Starters" in our communities and vote them into office. Can I get an Amen! (Scott)
That’s terrible! I have been working in my local cemetery raising and repairing headstones for about 3 years now… many times the job only takes about $50 worth of materials to complete… alot of times the time and effort it takes is a lot! But every monument saved is absolutely 100% worth it!!! I have people that call and hire me to do simple cleaning jobs… the money I make from those is what I use to do the repair work…. And like Scott said… if you wait for someone else to do it it will never get done.
@@Headstoneman Yes, I thought the amount quoted was ridiculous. 😲
@@forecon11amen!
Great job, Gentlemen. Looks wonderful.
So pleased to see folks like y’all taking care of the memories of once cherished people.
You guys are the best! Thank you
Going to fix the others? Looks very nice. Some sod too?
You guys did a great job! I hope you can find a new urn to go ontop
Yea! Aaron to the rescue. Great video idea Robert. 4 great guys to watch and learn from. Good work. Oh my, didn't see Roberts other friend Brian from Side Step Adventures handling his camera.
That was a Pileated Woodpecker! We have them here in Oregon also. Their sound is like something from the tropics! They are beautiful; red, whits and black and one of the largest woodpeckers! K.
Could you have used foam like they use to level sidewalks?
That was fascinating! I learned a lot.
We call that Service Hours For the Soul! Good on y'all.
What a wonderful thing you did
Love seeing y’all working together for Byrds.
This is some work. Awesome. Plz update on the unknown cemetery you explored .Any clues yet?
Great job! Enjoyed the video. Thank you.
glad you didn't smash your fingers when putting the bottom stone and middle stone and top stone on , using lead as spacers was great to keep the stones from sliding ,I would have used a historic lime mortar to join the pieces back together ,back when it was 1st erected it was probably dry stacked no wedge lead evident when you took the monument apart .
I loved watching this. So fascinating to see how these things are done. Wonderful job, gentlemen.
The bird you are hearing is a Pileated Woodpecker.
I appreciate what you do for cemeteries.
Mr Dan digging reminded me something my father once told me, "I learned a long time ago to avoid things with handles" Has Mr Dan aquired a pet buzzard yet?
So much work, time and expense! I do hope y'all received a donation to the channel from the family.
Y'all or so awesome 😎 fixing cleaning the cemetery God bless y'all
It looks beautiful! I’m sure your ancestors are great full. And it’s good to know your little set up works so well, but I think you will need a bigger one for a headstone any taller than that.🐝🤗❤️
As far as I can make out its not a relative buried there but rather it's the man who built one of their homes. While we in Europe may not truly consider a house built in this time period historically important remember how young the country of America is. To Americans this is in fact considered to be an old building indeed.
You all did a great job on the tombstone you’re set up work really great now I going to make me one god bless you all for fixing it from Kentucky
Excellent and professional effort, guys!
Fantastic job guys, very well done !
Nice job guys .👍🏻🙏
Very interesting to watch!
Hello all and very nice work and it does look very nice. Thanks for sharing and take care
Great men doing great things
I am sure the Byrd's know of your efforts to secure their earthly work. It may not last forever but I appreciate what you are doing.
Great job guys...looks so much nicer...
#CemeteryHeroes #KeepingMemoriesAlive
God bless and thank you
Magnificent work gentlemen. Bravo.