While cleaning this one,I get approached by a sweet mom and daughter asking how they can help clean. 

Wow, thank you, TracySmith! Thank you for watching!

Thanks as always, Annie. Hope that’s ok to call you. Usually the angels don’t come so clean, but this one ended up great. I was pleasantly surprised.

Your mother was watching us as one of the last things she did? If so….that breaks my heart.

Yeah….I would be done. Absolutely done.

I’ll proud to have done that many out there, but it feels like there’s more each time I go out. Lol. Thank you for watching also!

Not a bad idea.

I have cleaned at least two Joyce's now. They are both uploaded and if I recall, they both came out looking great. Thanks for taking a little of your time to watch us and leave this comment, Joyce. We really do appreciate it.

Also your mother sounds like an absolute machine! I love that. Ronin’s great grandmother is 93 or so and still out in her garden every single day. I love to see it.

@@VirginiaTombstoneRevival everyday is a blessing no matter what we can do

Thank you! 😊

Thank you for watching. I never played in cemeteries as a kid, but I can see why they’d be decent. Usually pretty quiet.

I agree, hearing children play and ride bikes outside is something we just don’t hear as much anymore. ☹️

This baby died 6 days before I was born 😢

I’m way late turning in to your channel, you have probably been asked many times previously what are you using presently to clean stones, without bringing harsh damaging chemicals ? It looks a amazing

Whenever any of us cousins would go to our grandmother's house she would always lecture us to "stay out of the cemetery because it is not a playground." Of course that made us want to go see what was so forbidden. Then, of course, someone would call her and tell on us. 😄 Great memories.

It really is my pleasure! From one vet to another....thank YOU for your service!

@@VirginiaTombstoneRevival Thank you for serving :)

I'm thinking it wouldn't be in this state if she was still around.

I do recall seeing something like that a while ago on another similar, more established channel. But hadn't thought of it until you reminded me. LOL

@kirbappeal182 I have used them myself and they work very well as the moss can be very hard to shift in the lettering and it saves the wear on your brushes for cleaning the flat parts of the stones. Another one cleaned and a child remembered.

I use them all the time on older stones that has build up in the lettering. Once cleaned out, they look so much better.

Thank you so much for watching and for your comment. Ronin and I love hearing from you all.

Welcome aboard!

Welcome to the team! I lived in Ohio briefly in 2002.

Thank you, efj0096. Hopefully there are some family still in this area that can at least see her stone better now.

Yeah I have seen more established channels use those! The tripod is easy to make at home and then I’d just have to buy a chain fall.

Wouldn't buy it from Temu tbh

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Thank you , sir.

Ronin and I were visiting my mom’s grave back in December of 2022 and he asked if we had any other family there that I could introduce him to. So ronin got to meet his great grandmother (we cleaned her headstone a few months ago)and his great grandfather. Then I remembered my 8 year old uncle was there also. He was hit and killed back in 1971 getting off the school bus when a semi failed to stop. So we found his grave and it looked like it hadn’t been cleaned in decades. If ever. So he was close in age to my Uncle Jimmy and I could see the wheels turning in his head. He asked if I had any tools in my truck that could help clean it off for him. I just happened to, so he sat there for a good while cleaning it off for him. I pulled out my phone and recorded it for family, as I thought it was the sweetest thing. Then after he was done he said he wanted to clean more. So the channel was all his idea really. ☺️

The angels are definitely more of a challenge, but when they come out beautiful...it's totally worth it.

Couldn’t agree more. I was out making new videos today and the cutting crew were there…watched them bump a few nearly off the bases and just keep on going. Really ticked me off.

I am sorry to hear of your cousins passing. Our amazing viewers on here have been wonderful on finding a lot of these little ones death certificates in order for us all to have a little bit of closure on what they passed from. Most have been natural causes, but sadly a few have been other reasons.

A lot of the newborns probably were premature or had heart conditions or other congenital problems that couldn't be corrected back then. President Kennedy's son, Patrick, died in 1963 from being premature, although he weighed 4.5 pounds. Today he would have survived, no problem, but he had hyaline membrane syndrome and there was no treatment for it then.

I may just bring a low power trimmer I have.

I am so happy that you’re getting to do that, Natalie. I remember you mentioning it a while back. So I look forward to seeing the outcome. You should make a video of the process for us to see.

Ronin and I were visiting my mom’s grave back in December of 2022 and he asked if we had any other family there that I could introduce him to. So ronin got to meet his great grandmother (we cleaned her headstone a few months ago)and his great grandfather. Then I remembered my 8 year old uncle was there also. He was hit and killed back in 1971 getting off the school bus when a semi failed to stop. So we found his grave and it looked like it hadn’t been cleaned in decades. If ever. So he was close in age to my Uncle Jimmy and I could see the wheels turning in his head. He asked if I had any tools in my truck that could help clean it off for him. I just happened to, so he sat there for a good while cleaning it off for him. I pulled out my phone and recorded it for family, as I thought it was the sweetest thing. Then after he was done he said he wanted to clean more. So the channel was all his idea really. ☺️

Most welcome, Pennie 😊

I am truly sorry for your losses.

We just use a product called D/2 and rain water.

Thank you so much, Maurzackbr!! Is there anything in particular you'd like your donation to go towards??

We use mostly an assortment of nylon brushes, but I have been using a horse hair brush lately and love it. The chemical we use to get them looking really nice is called D2.

I agree...there just isn't any care or real effort put into maintaining things. The contract workers are the real issue though. They couldn't care less what they damage it seems.

I’ve never done it personally, but I have heard that Dawn is a good and cheap alternative.

@@VirginiaTombstoneRevival yes, Dawn soap is a very good dish soap. I dont think it would hurt to try it.

We do use D2. I imagine we were out when making this video. Or we had used it half and half in our water jug….but I have gone back to this area several times and sprayed nearly all of them down with straight D2 afterwards. They look amazing now that it’s been a couple months or so. Check out our video where we name all of them one by one and show their updated headstone conditions. This one looks beautiful.

@@VirginiaTombstoneRevival I didn't leave the other comment but I have to say I'm so glad you use D2. All it takes is that and a couple of soft brushes, and a soft scraper (wood or soft plastic). I wish I could get out to North Carolina and do my ancestors' graves but I'm in California now so that's a long trip.

Where are they located in North Carolina?

I wish I knew. I have tried finding more information on this little girl, to no avail.

Could Joyce be the last name?

lol. I actually bought one last week and have forgotten to bring it with me twice now. It sounds pretty good though. I just need to remember it.

I thought it was odd also.

We were just at the cemetery cleaning a couple new stones and I found one and today is the little boys death date. Very sad. But yes….I’m sure Joyce would be smiling on today.

Thank you for that, Janet. And I am truly sorry that you know this pain first hand.

Hahaha...how great would that be?! But no, everything we do is out of my pocket. Some amazing viewers on here have helped out though with some supplies and donations. It has been very cool seeing how much some of you all enjoy our content.

Wow, thank you! It means more than you know.

@@VirginiaTombstoneRevival Brother, you deserve the respect, thanks and appreciation.

Wow, thank you, patriciailimjuico! Thank you for watching!

West plains missouri that is !!

Is that due to them being more in video games? Or some other reason in particular?

@@VirginiaTombstoneRevival it could be that its not as safe as it use to be and law enforcement people would be after the parents for letting there kids out side by them self's because there are creepy people out there.

Statistically it is safer as far as strangers go. We know more today than we did when we were kids. Our neighborhood is full of kids outside.

What was her last name?

Much appreciated

I don’t think anything works better than D2 honestly. After a week the results I’ve seen have been crazy on a lot of the headstones we’ve cleaned.

Thank you! 😊

😊 thank you

What do you mean?

Thank you very much!

Thank you very much!

Thank you,Debby!!

How invasive is the laser cleaning? I’ve seen it done on metal but never a stone. Doesn’t seem safe in my opinion….so o don’t know if any cemetery would give permission for that. They don’t even like pressure washers.

Thank you! 😊