Burying Ground Preservation Group Finishes Restoring 22 Revolutionary War Monuments In Sag Harbor

Burying Ground Preservation Group Partner Kurt Kahofer scrapes lichen off of a headstone during the early stages of the renovation and preservation process taking place at the Old Burying Ground adjacent to the Sag Harbor Old Whalers Church on May 4. MICHAEL HELLER

Materials Conservator Joel Snodgrass and Burying Ground Preservation Group Partner Zach Studenroth guide a broken gravestone that has been outfitted with steel rods for support into place as Partner Kurt Kahofer raises it with a hoist during the early stages of the renovation and preservation process taking place at the Old Burying Ground adjacent to the Sag Harbor Old Whalers Church on May 4. MICHAEL HELLER

Materials Conservator Joel Snodgrass and Burying Ground Preservation Group Partner Zach Studenroth guide a broken gravestone that has been outfitted with steel rods for support into place as Partner Kurt Kahofer raises it with a hoist during the early stages of the renovation and preservation process taking place at the Old Burying Ground adjacent to the Sag Harbor Old Whalers Church on May 4. MICHAEL HELLER

Materials Conservator Joel Snodgrass and Burying Ground Preservation Group Partner Zach Studenroth inject a liquid grout compound into a brownstone headstone during the early stages of the renovation and preservation process taking place at the Old Burying Ground adjacent to the Sag Harbor Old Whalers Church on May 11. MICHAEL HELLER

Materials Conservator Joel Snodgrass and Burying Ground Preservation Group Partner Zach Studenroth inject a liquid grout compound into a brownstone headstone during the early stages of the renovation and preservation process taking place at the Old Burying Ground adjacent to the Sag Harbor Old Whalers Church on May 11. MICHAEL HELLER

Burying Ground Preservation Group Partner Zach Studenroth applies a grout compound onto a brownstone headstone during the early stages of the renovation and preservation process taking place at the Old Burying Ground adjacent to the Sag Harbor Old Whalers Church on May 11. MICHAEL HELLER

Burying Ground Preservation Group Partner Kurt Kahofer cleans a headstone during the early stages of the renovation and preservation process taking place at the Old Burying Ground adjacent to the Sag Harbor Old Whalers Church on May 11. MICHAEL HELLER