How to Clean Veteran Headstones Using D/2 Biological Solution 

You are welcome! I'm happy this video was helpful to you in your efforts to honor a veteran with a clean headstone.

Thank you Sir!

You never mentioned if you had military service... You are a good American, to remember our military fallen. I am a Vietnam Combat Veteran, United States Army. My health issues continue. Agent Orange has and keeps killing many of 🇺🇸 us. Thank you for what you are doing. I am A Mancuso Sr. My son, A Mancuso Jr, is not a veteran. Thank you.

Thank you for your service. Many prayers to you on your health and contacting that nasty chemical disease.

you can also use wet & forget, and the nice thing is it's readily available

My sister and I like to walk in old cemeteries to see the long long ago they were buried. I love learning historical things and cemeteries have always drawn me in.

@@tmbaccigalopi my daughter loves to do that and I certainly enjoy doing it with her, more Dad-daughter bonding time :) Plus I get to exercise my fat ass LOL

Old men start wars and young men die in them.

@@MikeT-TheRetiredColonel omg😂😂😂😂😂

@Johnny Xander BASED AND REDPILLED

God bless you too Zoe Dodge. I appreciate you joining our cause to clean every veteran headstone by Memorial Day. This of course includes our brothers and sisters in England!

Thank you for your reply. I’m inspired by this cause and will visit my local church yards bucker in hand! God bless you and all you do

@@zoedodge4137 did you find any of this cleaning product in the UK??

Thank you for being a good person. We need more like you.

Your great uncle is fortunate to have you. In my observations, most great nieces and great nephews have no clue what their great uncle did. Add his veteran grave to VeteranGraves.com by Registering as a Volunteer there. Watch the video on the home page.

@@theyfaceeast Well I have researched my family history and I honor my ancestors. I appreciate history!

I am grateful for my father for instilling in me the importance of honoring our dead.

@@theyfaceeast Hes a great man to do that

Thank you for your kind words, but I'm just doing what God has asked me to do.

You are obviously a good daughter.

I'm sorry for your loss, Especially in such a turbulent time. Stay strong

My job also this week.

So sorry! It would make them happy to know you care so much. ❤️

You're welcome. I'm glad you liked it. I will keep at it until all the veteran headstones in America are shown the same love, care, and respect as those we see in Arlington National Cemetery. There are plenty of good people who will participate. We just have to raise awareness.

Sounds like good ideas, but they're not listed in the cleaning protocol issued by the National Cemetery Administration. I will bring this up to them for consideration as an addition to the document.

To clean all the veteran headstones in my local area cemeteries, I stepped up to lead the effort by scheduling veteran headstone cleaning events. Super easy to do, but somebody has to do it. Volunteers who showed up represented a diverse group, including school aged children. I hear many good ideas from viewers, but my response to each person is the same. Get out there and take action. Don't wait for someone else to do the job. It is OUR job to clean the veteran headstones, not someone else's job.

The more people we reach with this message, the better chance we will eventually reach people who will actually clean a veteran headstone. We will get there!

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D/2 is not ammonia. The active ingredient is a quaternary ammonium compound, which is not ammonia.

I don't remember now if I had permission to clean any headstones in that cemetery that weren't government-furnished veteran headstones. The government doesn't provide the spouses headstone, so even though the stone may appear identical, the spouse's stone would have been privately purchased and therefore not fall within my permission obtained from the cemetery to clean veteran headstones. I have to be careful not to overstep my bounds with the cemetery if they allowed me to clean veteran headstones. Once the cemetery sees the good work without any harm done, they may expand the scope of their permission!

No endorsement. No sponsor. To some, I would say most, the American flag is sacred, a symbol of our sovereignty. When we see the flag in distress, for example hanging by only one grommet, or fallen, the flag is to be rescued. We rescue the flag when no one is watching, because it is the patriotic thing to do, the right thing to do. The same mindset applies to veteran headstones, because they are sacred, they mark sacred ground. A veteran headstone covered in biological filth is in distress and must be rescued, even when no one is watching.

Nope. No mechanical tools allowed in cemeteries. The mindset in cemeteries and headstone care is "Do no harm." If you don't ban all mechanical tools, some well-meaning person will do something really foolish and cause irreparable harm.

@@theyfaceeast ok

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Im glad you did that. Stones are expensive and many families were unable to purchase one for their loved ones and marked the graves with rocks or a piece of wood, which have been lost due to the ravages of time. God bless you, Leslie

Thank you for helping us honor the veterans of our past.

Thank you for your service & your loyalty to your fellow service people.

Great idea to respect and honor someone's memory.. Thank you for your service Sir! God bless & keep you & your family.🗽🗽🗽🗽🗽🗽🗽

@@theyfaceeast -It's a really great thing you are doing & maybe many will catch on! Cleaning would also help people who want to take rubbings. If that spray can hurt your skin or eyes, it could hurt your lungs too. It takes that moss, mold, & dirt off so quickly, it certainly must be strong. As you are spraying, fine invisible-to-the-eye particles are swirling around & spread out from the initial stream. Would be better to wear a chemical approved respirator to protect your lungs & immune system. Better safe than sorry. 😊

Thanks for your service and keeping my FREEDOM. Sorry for disability and your service to your fellow service people will not go unnoticed .

It's springtime, have you gotten out there yet?

How did the cleaning go? are you finished?

@@VolcanoTimeLapse not completely finished! I did a few the past few weekends! I have been trying to get the ones that are flush with the ground cleared off because the grass was growing over top. I used a plastic puddy spreader to help lift the grass and dirt off. Now just waiting for my D2 to come in the mail.

@@marisahayes5559 Well, good 4 you, Marisa. :) I hope it's not a tough job. You're a fine lady to do this. Good luck.

@@VolcanoTimeLapse it’s not too bad! The sun just gets hot!! Haha. Have a great day!

God bless you there in Holland. I'm pretty sure my grandfather fought in Holland during WWII. He was with the 79th Infantry Division. If anyone messes with Holland, we will be back.

Thank you for joining us! And thank you for your service to our country.

I might join too👌

@@theunknownbunny9285 that would be wonderful! All we have to do is spread the word, and each person clean just one veteran headstone. Of course, once you clean one, you'll want to clean TEN! Please Subscribe to my channel, so I can reach you when I roll out our new website to track routine maintenance for all veteran graves.

Semper fi

I never knew you could become part of both Marines and Army. Wow!

Sure is! It is so good in so many ways.

It’s nice to see it also works in UK.

Can you get this D2 in the UK??

@@lesleighbutler8623 Yes but its super expensive, I'm looking for a safe alternative - Any suggestions welcomed please..

@@keziasarah I don’t think anyone should use different stuff than he said as these headstones can’t be repurchased and our family property so if can’t buy it better forget it.

Please share your experiences cleaning veteran headstones! Our FB page is By Memorial Day.

I am so glad you wrote that Freedom isn't free.Spot on

Yes I start crying when I visit cemeteries and see headstones of the fallen vietnam soldiers of my age 😢🇺🇸

@Ignatios Nelson facts

In WW2 U.S. had a number of casualties estimated from 291,557-416,800, 99% of them military personnel. But don't forget the rest of the world which was devastated. Ranked by death toll (from either side of the war): Soviet Union 20 million China 15 million Germany 7 million Poland 6 million Dutch East Indies 3 million Japan 2.5 million India 2.2 million Yugoslavia 1 million Indochina 1 million and the list goes up to 75 million people, 70% civilians.

We haven't forgotten that France helped us win our independence! My grandfather returned the favor when he stepped off the landing craft at Normandy. I'm not sure where you can purchase D/2 Biological Solution in France, so visit the manufacturer's website at D2bio.com. They sell the product through distributors, so maybe they have a distributor in France. I'm sure they will assist you. I spoke with a woman cleaning veteran headstones at one of my events. I recognized her French accent. She said she was from Normandy and her grandfather had been killed in action during World War I. We all have a personal connection to military veterans. My great uncle was killed in action during the Battle of the Atlantic. He went down with his ship, his body never recovered, but his name is etched on the wall at Cambridge American Cemetery and Memorial in England. I requested a photo of his name. They fill the etched names with sand from the beaches of Normandy before taking the photos. This is an example of the measures we must take to honor our military heroes. The least we can do is clean their headstones. Thank you for joining this cause in France. I am grateful.

@@theyfaceeast I am sure a similar product is used in France and Belgium. There are lots of graveyards absolutely full of row upon row of gleaming white headstones for the young who died during WW1. i have ancestors spread across the globe and i am wanting to ist New Zeland where my dads mother is resting. Her grave is very neglected and needs repair to the monument but the politicos here and New Zealand have decided that we must buckle under to the grand mal. So,no overseas travel for me in the near future. BTW, My Grandmother,her mother and a sister and brother who died as Children from TB are all in the same cemetery but it has been made into a protected site and nothing much can be done to their graves without permission from the local city council...

@@Mercmad I'm looking forward to traveling soon myself. My ancestors came to America from England, Ireland, Scotland, Wales, Germany, and Austria between 1631 and 1750, prior to the Revolutionary War. So if I can find my ancestors buried in Europe, their headstones will be 250-400 years old. Getting permission is the first step before cleaning headstones, or anything else in a cemetery. Do No Harm is the motto for preservationists, so a good cemetery steward will say NO until they are comfortable you will Do No Harm. Never use bleach or any cleaner harsh to natural stone, because they destroy the stone over time. The safe cleaners that do no harm contain active ingredients known as Quaternary Ammonium Compounds "QUATS".

@@Mercmad I pray your quest is granted soon, and the "grandmal" is vanquished soon! As the Lord Jesus will be coming back soon one way or another I will see my loved ones soon!

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This adventure for me started by cleaning all of my ancestors' graves. Most graves do not receive visitors, so thank you for caring for those forgotten.

I have just got into gravesite preservation and restoration, for the exact reasons u talked about. I started with my grandmother's stone, and about 5 stones to the left was a military stone of one of her relatives. I was compelled to give it my attention before I left that day, and I hope my work will honor him and his contribution. I hope to do many more, especially older and more historic stones, as a service to families who want to preserve and maintain their loved one's lasting Earthly memory. Great video, thanks for the info!

Don’t forget to ask to clean them

@@theyfaceeast Once a family dies out there is noone to put flowers on the graves or commemorate them, much less clean the stones.

@@lynnlindsay4480 I believe certain things are sacred. Veteran graves qualify as sacred ground. When a young man or woman lays down their life for the country we consider to be our sovereign, I believe there exists an implicit promise that we the future generations will care for their graves. They never married, never had children, and as you mention, they have no descendants to clean their headstone. I grew up in the shadow of an American hero, my grandfather, a WWII combat soldier. As a boy, trying to imagine what it was like for my grandfather to have done what he did, to have witnessed the horrors of war up close, I acquired a deep appreciation for those who established and maintained this country I consider to be my sovereign. We cannot thank them enough for the place we call home today. The least we can do is keep their veteran headstones clean.

Hello, I am trying to figure out how to get a veterans DD-214? Can you ask around and please tell me what you find out? I cannot get his papers and for some reason there are many homeless veterans in California that cant seem to locate their papers eather. Help in California

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God bless you and your dad Phil. What a wonderful tribute to your dad when they created a UK flag holder for him. Many of my ancestors originated from the UK dating back to as early as 1631.

Read your remark about honoring your British father's vgrave by local VFW post. I hope you have thanked them with a written letter to the commander. Perhaps you have sought themout personally.

My dad was a vfw member in the army rip Johnny ray McClure love u dad

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how did you make it?

You're welcome Laura. Cleaning veteran headstones and grave markers is certainly rewarding. Register as a Volunteer at VeteranGraves.com

Your comment will inspire others to make an effort to clean a veteran's headstone. Thank you for sharing your experience.

That is awesome!

A man’s not dead while his name is still spoken.

Thank you Marisa!

You're welcome James. Thank you for joining us to honor our veteran heroes with respectfully clean headstones and grave markers.

Outstanding! I saw the results of an Eagle Project while cleaning family headstones in a cemetery near Charlotte, NC. The scout researched each grave to identify all the veterans and then installed a historical marker type of sign with a map of the cemetery with the veterans clearly marked. He may have also installed flag holders at the veteran graves, but I'm not sure who did that. He didn't clean the veteran headstones, but maybe he has plans for that next.

That's fantastic, good luck with making Eagle Scout 👍

That’s more of a statement about those who harm cemeteries than the people who are hyper vigilant by reporting suspicious behavior.

I hang out in cemeteries all over my city and never once have I ever been bothered by anyone, and certainly no cops have been called. Are you speaking from your own experience or from a belief you're projecting onto others' experience?

Thank you for sharing your cemetery visit experience. There are so many grave markers beneath the surface now. I am not a fan of ground level grave markers, because they disappear so quickly as they settle into the ground and get covered by leaves and grass.

@@theyfaceeast , thank you sir for your good works. I don't like the ground markers either for that same reason. Unfortunately when so many children died in the 1918 influenza , that happened alot. My gram lost 3 siblings and I have to keep the small markers from the overgrowth. No one should ever be forgotten.

@@missingutah Amen Tammy! I cleaned the little headstones of two 1st Cousins 2x Removed this week. A 10 year old boy and a 12 year old girl. Probably hadn't been cleaned since 1955.

Thank you Tammy! Blessings to you as well. I appreciate you being a part of our movement to Honor Your DNA.

God bless you for your service to our country Ruben. There will be a rebirth of patriotism in America. We must no longer be complacent when it comes to honoring our veterans of the past.

You guys have sacrificed much for our world. ❤️

I'm hard of hearing. Could you please print the name of the cleaner? I would love to contribute in cleaning headstones of our HEROES. Thankyou

Thank you for serving our country during the Vietnam War!

Thank you for your service! My dad was also a Vietnam vet, 101st Airborne. 🇺🇸

I love your comment.