Father and Grandfather still protecting their princess 

Hahahaha. Our pleasure.

I have a rain water barrel and we use a product called D2 biological solution. Then no metallic brushes. We usually spray D2 on first and let it sit for about 10 minutes. Then when using the water keep the brushes and stone wet for best results. Ones it’s all done and rinsed off, one more coating of the D2. After a couple weeks the results are incredible.

You are so kind

Thank you so much and for watching, Wendy.

Thank you, Janetwhite!

Thank you for that! I see a lot of these older ranks or acronyms that were before my time and can't figure them out. I get my D2 from Atlas Preservation(not a sponsor). I have never seen it at any Walmart or place like that. I know Amazon has similar products, but none that I have tried...so I am a bit hesitant to use something else and risk damaging a stone.

Thank you so much 😀

Thank you! Yeah in the last month we have grown quite a bit. We crossed 8k today. Which is 7,990k more than I ever thought we’d get. Haha. The comments are getting a little challenging to reply to all of them. I’m trying though.

My pleasure!

I feel the same. I cleaned two small children stones last month from the 1920s that were in really bad shape. I didn’t record the process, but took before and afters. Couldn’t make out much of anything even ever the cleaning. I was able to find them on find a grave through some digging and took new photos yesterday a few weeks after the D2 had time to work. You can read nearly everything now. Definitely made me happy to be able to update their pages with birth and death dates.

That is so wonderful! I love to see history preserved and appreciated ❤ I know not all grave markers are of the same material and can crumble but if a gravestone is safe to clean it is so gratifying to see it restored for family and history. Thank you for your kindness and thoughtfulness in this important work.🌹

Does D2 remove lichen?

The fact that you have connections to two of the individuals in our videos already is mind blowing. I need to check out the app you are using to see about myself and any possible connection to these folks.

@@VirginiaTombstoneRevival You'll be surprised how many of the folks headstones you're working on may be distant cousins of yours too. Then go to all the Presidents and famous folks. It's mind blowing for sure. It's very addicting to locate folks. This is why I watch programs like yours.

Glad you liked it!

Thanks for watching, dianabeets! We really do appreciate you taking a little of your time to watch our weird channel. LOL

I appreciate that! You’re far too kind

Glad you enjoyed it, lmbclm!

Thank you much!

Oh wow! That’s extremely interesting.

@@VirginiaTombstoneRevival yes the graves were not relocated from the courtyard of the apartments. The graves are less than eight feet from apartment windows/doors!! That would be a little strange…unless they happened to be relatives who remained in DFW. Also some other of the early Dallas settlers were also buried but with markers of the 1700s vanished. Well, a major Hwy was built over them back in 1950s or 60s and back then one lane north, one lane south. Every few years the Hwy was widened to accommodate for increasing traffic. It can no longer be any bigger. When they started widening this last lane on each side, the construction crew dug up some remains of the first settlers (on the opposite side of the freeway from the Founder’s Cemetary at the apartments. You would think they would have looked for more graves since that seemed to be where the original people here settled. So the construction stopped on the HWY until archeologists moved everyone out, and did an archeologist survey. The graves where relocated to the west or behind that side of the HWY. This way the construction could continue. The area of north Texas has some very interesting history as the area settled. I’m sure people in your area are happy that the headstones there will be nice and clean with awesome American Flags for Memorial Day. That’s a peaceful resting area where you are working hard with elbow grease getting them clean. Those edge graves where trees drip tree sap and other things that cause the growth on the stone could have been permitted by either placing the graves away from trees, or extend the trees away from the graves. It is a pretty place though! Have a blessed day♥️

@@VirginiaTombstoneRevival Where you in the service? I assumed since you saluted after you were finished cleaning here!

Yes. I was active duty Army for a few years until 2012.

@@VirginiaTombstoneRevival Thank you for your service!🇺🇸

We have been putting our D2 on all of the ones we do after finished for months now...just as an extra shot at keeping some of the growth off. All of the ones I have recently revisited look amazing still. The black sludge is definitely an issue and can be a pain in the butt to get off, but SO worth the effort.

Well we love to hear that! Thank you for taking the time on us, dianenaylor.

Well welcome! It depends on the size typically….but a basic sized flat stone is about 10 minutes give or take. I have a couple videos on here where I try to see how fast I can clean one and still be respectful and do no harm….like 4 minutes. But most really don’t take much time at all.

I was pretty close. Lol. I only know the Army ranks. Hahah.

@@VirginiaTombstoneRevival you were very very close. All three stones looked absolutely beautiful. Thank you for everything you’ve done and continue to do. Stay Safe and God Bless ✝️🙏🏻🇺🇸💙🥰

He's helping to preserve them. The molds and fungi that grows on these are very damaging.

It's not illegal to do this if that's what you're asking.

They're reunited now.

I really love how we’re getting messages from people so far away. Blows my mind. Thanks for watching our little channel!

Thank you, Janetemerson. I really do appreciate it.

You are so welcome, Debbiehirose

Wonderful! I have been debating seeing if a legit business doing this type of work could be possible. I am not a businessman though, so I am on the fence.

@@VirginiaTombstoneRevival he advertised on FB and my cousin saw it and let me know. He is well known in their community in TN. I’m in MI.

You are so kind

Thanks for watching, Busymoms!

Thanks for subbing and welcome to the team, Trish.

Yup. So they purposefully had themselves placed around her. At least that’s how I see it.

No, thank you! You’re our first “thanks”. We do appreciate you, Scottburley

Hey, I Appreciate what you do. God Bless You and Your Family

Sounds like you already use the stuff we use. Lol. But we could definitely make one like that after this weekend.

I have had several people come by while out there recording and ask about things. It's how I have gotten permission from some family members to clean their loved ones in later videos actually. We have had my friend Bonnie and her son Parker help on two different headstones so far. Having a few extra hands is always nice. The knee is good...it's the one I have had surgery on before, so I definitely need to be careful on it.

Not a permit, but permission is best. Some older cemeteries don’t have anyone working them or maintaining them, so permission from those is nearly impossible to get….

Glad you enjoyed it,KevinMacdonald.

@VirginiaTombstoneRevival I did too

I can only hope I am able to do this in my 70s. You are amazing and also retired corrections...I am glad I get to drop the bad guys off. Takes a special person to live there with them. Lol. You sound like one tough lady!

It is out please. Thank you for watching, Megan Elizabeth.

Our pleasure!

You’re far too kind, JustineFre.

It’s a special biological solution that is the best and safest thing to use on headstones. It’s the same thing they use at places like Arlington National Cemetery. After a few weeks of this, stones begin to look amazing again as it keeps working to kill any growth and brighten the stone.

Its NOT illegal if that is what you are asking.

Many of these are older and appear to not have any care taken of them anymore. I applaud him for volunteering his time and buying the expensive D2. There are a number of people who are doing this volunteer cleaning of old headstones. We need more people like him in this world of gripey, grumpy, and always complaining people.

​@sandysue202 So right you are. It's sad that some people can seek out negativity in everything.

This is an Officer of the Law!! A wonderful man!! God bless him🙏🙏❤️❤️

And…. Why would one ask? Is it offensive to you?

That was supposed to be a “it’s gonna be May” joke about Justin Timberlake. But nobody got it. Lol.

@@VirginiaTombstoneRevival I thought it looked like him! But then I was like is it Christopher?! lol 😂 so I went back looked and was like, no! Hehe 😉Sorry! Isn’t the song, it’s gonna be me?! 😳

lol. That’s the one! I should have used an older photo of him I guess. Haha. When he was more recognizable. 😂

@@VirginiaTombstoneRevival So it is it’s gonna be me? Not May? I sometimes sing the wrong words! I used to think that Miley Cyrus song was I came in like a rainbow! lol 😂 it is wrecking ball! I found out along time after singing rainbow. Hehe 😉 Hey! I commented to you, about how to join patreon. Did you see it? I can’t find, any info on it. Sorry to be a pain! Have a nice weekend!

My grandfather on my dad's side was also stationed in North Africa for a while in the 40s. Now wouldn't that be something if they knew each other.

@@VirginiaTombstoneRevival that would prove this is a small world! Dad was born in 1918 and was 50 when I was born. He had a box of photos and my mom encouraged him to get them out and look at them. I’m sure he had some PTSD after all they went through over there. She said he started to go through them naming men then saying “he’s dead, he lost his legs, he got shot in an ambush, a sniper shot him…..”. Mom said he put the lid on the box and she doesn’t know if he ever looked at them again. We still have them. Some he wrote names on but most are just photos of smiling servicemen on a break from the action I what I would say was a beautiful town before the war. PLEASE keep doing this honor for our veterans. They do not get all they deserve!!! Much love, Laura ♥️🤍💙🇺🇸 NEVER FORGET!!!