Spring calendar

Connecticut Gravestone Network Symposium

Saturday – April 5 2008
9 a.m. to 4 p.m.

South Senior Center
70 Canterbury St., East Hartford, CT
Hosted by Friends of Center Cemetery of East Hartford, CT

Lecture Topics:

Welcome for First Time visitors

“Assessing an Old Burying Ground”

9:30 am - Ruth Shapleigh-Brown, Exec. CGN Director. What’s really old, what are footstones, who carved that, where are the cemeteries boundaries and unmarked burials?

“Stone Conservation Talk ”

10: 45- Irving Slavid & Martin Johnson of MCC -Monumental Conservators Collaborative, long time experts in the conservation field that have in recent years been active with the National Parks Cemetery Training Programs will speak with us about Cleaning and Repair techniques and help sort out some questions about the various methods, techniques and products available to us today.

“The Beauty of White Bronze”

1:15 pm.- Robert Young, President of the Danbury Historical Society and AGS Brd Member will explain the history of the Monumental Bronze Co. of Bridgeport, CT, showing many versions of these metal grave markers; which can be found all over the country (but started right here in CT) and tell us why they are no longer available.

“Introduction to some Connecticut Carvers”

2:30 pm. – Ruth Shapleigh-Brown, Exec. CGN Director, Who carved what in your town? We will take a short tour around the state visiting various historic burying grounds showing examples of many local carver styles. .

• Lunch-snacks & beverages will be available
• Admission: Pay at the door -$10 to public $5 for CGN members For details contact Ruth Brown at 860-643-5652 or shapbrown@cox.net