Hunched over, propping himself up with one arm with his hand firmly on the earth, Rick Brown delicately digs dirt and debris from the top of an aging grave marker. He didn't know the man, a veteran, ...

A veteran himself, Rick Brown enjoys giving back to those who served before him by restoring grave markers across Indiana with Mission Restore Bronze.

Using Mission Restore Bronze wax, Brian Warren coats a veteran's headstone July 29, 2025, at Pendleton’s Olney Cemetery as part of the restoration of the marker.(Berit Thorson/East Oregonian) ...

A Hickson, North Dakota couple that spends their days cleaning and restoring cemetery markers has found their biggest challenge of all in the middle of an area farm field. Cherie and Rod Mathison of ...

Mike Wolanin | The Republic Columbus East graduate Tia Brown cleans a headstone at Springer Cemetery in Columbus, Ind., Tuesday, May 24, 2022. Brown started caretaking duties at the cemetery for her ...

HOLYOKE, MA (WGGB/WSHM) – Volunteers gathered in Holyoke Saturday to help remember those who served our nation by working to restore and preserve grave markers. Wayne Klinge, veterans’ graves director ...