How to Clean Veteran Headstones Using D/2 Biological Solution

[@MTas-rz6qs]

I want to thank you for honering the Veterans. We, in Holland will never forget the sacrifices you Americans among others made for us. Love from Holland.❤

[@theyfaceeast]

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.

[@garyhaber333]

I'm a disabled vet that is retired, and now live in a small tx town which has a small vet cemetery. I needed to find something to occupy my time. This is a honorable way to respect my fellow vets that have passed away. Thank you for this video.

[@theyfaceeast]

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

[@rebellajm]

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

[@brendaann727]

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

[@brendaann727]

@@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. 😊

[@williamgibb5557]

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

[@LeslieKlinger]

I used this product to clean my grandfather's Marble headstone. The marble was imported from Italy and my grandmother's pride and joy. It was in bad shape. TODAY? it looks perfect.

[@carolbuonarosa3296]

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[@e.conboy4286]

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

[@jimwest7107]

Doing this for UK veterans here too, really is addictive after doing a few.

[@theyfaceeast]

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

[@vatansalvery]

It’s nice to see it also works in UK.

[@lesleighbutler8623]

Can you get this D2 in the UK??

[@keziasarah]

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

[@lisawilson3833]

@@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.

[@movieman2693-r9z]

Cleaning that stone was a very honorable thing to do! Thank you for honoring this war hero!

[@aidanclark6448]

Decided to clean the headstones at a small town cemetery. This video gave me the advice I need. Thank you

[@theyfaceeast]

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

[@propbraker]

Thank you Sir!

[@Thebowzer221]

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.

[@DallasStorm43]

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

[@FroggyTWrite]

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

[@CHENOTV]

when i was a kid me and my cousin would go in the graveyard and read the tombstones. one section had a bunch of world war 1 kids. very young troops

[@tmbaccigalopi]

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.

[@MikeT-TheRetiredColonel]

@@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

[@313-v9k]

Old men start wars and young men die in them.

[@summernorris9551]

@@MikeT-TheRetiredColonel omg😂😂😂😂😂

[@adonissherlock]

@Johnny Xander BASED AND REDPILLED

[@victoriarobbins2410]

Both of my parents were military. I support what you are doing! Freedom isn't free & we should honor those who gave their lives in the trenches of war. Can't wait to try this!

[@theyfaceeast]

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

[@helenbailey8419]

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

[@tomrobards7753]

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

[@jjbinx]

@Ignatios Nelson facts

[@lolitaras22]

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.

[@jackdade4642]

I lost my grandad in world war 2 and i appreciate what u do for the head stones of the men lost xxx

[@coldblooded1700]

Thank you for your service Elbert Alexander Thigpen, without veterans like u we wouldn't have freedom.

[@ThirdDegreeWitchExplores]

Respect from England , A place where many of your countryman lay at rest

[@AndySaenz]

One day, others will be cleaning his tombstone. He deserves the same respect he’s shown to these deceased people.

[@sheer9203]

Mhm.

[@outtatime4512]

As a veteran, I salute you sir. You have made a difference.

[@Jann-u2b]

Thank you for honoring our veterans. 🇺🇸🇺🇸 God Bless you and God Bless America!

[@pudgesmum1509]

We should never stop honoring our veterans. God bless you

[@WieMan918]

Im cleaning Military Headstones for my Eagle Project, and this video was just what I needed to honor the fallen.

[@theyfaceeast]

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.

[@lowprofile2412]

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

[@pstafford6561]

thanks for all you do. I just got started on my quest to clean all my family markers first and then move on to those people that may not have anyone to care for them.

[@theyfaceeast]

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.

[@erikedmonds6558]

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!

[@erinearp155]

Don’t forget to ask to clean them

[@lynnlindsay4480]

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

[@theyfaceeast]

@@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.

[@krissellers7563]

I have about 30 people who will be helping to honor 29 veterans tomorrow in a little cemetery in Leland, IL. Your video has been excellent prep. I have shared this with everyone involved, including my DAR chapter. I cannot wait to see the difference we make and the inspiration our group gets to make this an annual event with nearby cemeteries. Thank you!

[@Create1yourspace1963]

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

[@TheAngryVet]

I just talked to someone today about doing this...he said he had a friend in baltimore that did this...crazy how the universe works...I do believe I need to start doing this...thank you for caring

[@paulajohnson419]

Thank you. For a number of years I have tried to find out how to clean my Dad's headstone. The cemetery folks had no idea how to help. I can't wait to try this on Dad's stone.

[@philkerr9]

My Father served in WW1 in the British Army, Every year when the VFW puts out flags they put a British flag for Dad. They even took a US star and ground out the S and brazed in and made a K for the UK and put in at his stone. They totally respect him and I want to Thank them for doing so. David Kerr 1892-1974 God Bless you Dad.

[@theyfaceeast]

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.

[@shirleybalinski4535]

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.

[@mysticmandy8352]

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

[@Portusease]

Hello I'm from Portugal

[@giorgoskriti1433]

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[@JB-sw8db]

Thank you for doing this and teaching people about respect, honor, and selflessness.

[@theyfaceeast]

I didn't realize it during my formative years when my father was instilling in me the many details of a life well lived.

[@tombarlow8506]

I can’t thank you enough for doing this. You gave a gift. You taught CARE.

[@maybee...]

You did a beautiful job cleaning this headstone. I have lost a loved one in WWII.

[@christygonzalez2066]

Thank you for honoring our vets, your an inspiration, I want to start doing this

[@masterlcpl3736]

as a marine and army vet i find this very interesting. think i just found a new hobby 😁

[@theyfaceeast]

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

[@theunknownbunny9285]

I might join too👌

[@theyfaceeast]

@@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.

[@RT-fe1mu]

Semper fi

[@philipdeglass]

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

[@paula3332]

As a wife and daughter of veterans, this is very special to me. I was privileged along with some fellow teachers and students to clean several stones of local veterans. It was a powerful activity for us all!

[@theyfaceeast]

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

[@sofiyu505]

I don’t even come from USA, but I found this so deep and meaningful! What a nice man! 😃

[@TheGreatGastronaut]

I stumbled upon this video and I was really moved and inspired. I’ve been looking for a meaningful activity and I think I’ve found it courtesy of you. God bless.

[@honoringthedeparted8298]

Lost my dad in Vietnam, I was 6 mo old. I thank you from the bottom of my heart!

[@theyfaceeast]

You were part of God's plan when He asked me to do this three years ago. In God's time we will have a volunteer assigned to each and every veteran's grave to provide respectful care in perpetuity.

[@Fannieannie2024]

Thank you sir. I was raised to take care of the graves also. Our family are all gone now from our small town in Idaho but when we visit they are remembered & tended to.

[@pedorgas5222]

My grandfather has passed away pretty recently, and even though he wasn't an veteran, this video brings me joy Thank you for doing what you do.

[@firefalcon100]

not sure how youtube got me here on Memorial day weekend of 2021, but what you're doing here is touching. With so many people now disrespecting the country and the flag, it's great to see you honoring those who fell serving this country and honoring the flag. you're a true patriot sir.

[@007gunlogo]

Great video. Thanks for caring for our veterans' resting places. To all those commenting that you spend your time similarly honoring our vets...God bless!

[@jessvd1]

I own the Parish Cemetery (1831-1855). I have used D/2 Biological Solution, and the results are amazing!

[@skylilly1]

Thank you for caring about our veterans final resting place. They gave so much. We were raised to clean our loved ones stones, and if we find ones that had been over-grown..we clean those, too. We found a tiny stone of a 5 year old with a picture of little boy blue. Never would have seen it if we didn't step on something hard. It was totally overgrown. We dug it out and shined it up. R.I.P little boy blue.

[@theyfaceeast]

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.

[@missingutah]

@@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.

[@theyfaceeast]

@@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.

[@rubenmontiel4030]

As a veteran you cannot possibly know what your efforts, and especially your comments, mean to me and really every other vet I know! May God Bless you and your family !!!

[@theyfaceeast]

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.

[@karenold546]

You guys have sacrificed much for our world. ❤️

[@charleswilson1152]

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

[@janellekm]

You did an amazing job by cleaning and honouring those vets who have past.

[@lehrscherbote]

I´m from germany, and i am very impressed how americans and other countrys take care of their monuments and thumbstones. I miss it here. No one here did this.

[@liamoreilly308]

Thank you for your time and effort in keeping a WW1 Veterans stone clean.

[@lauraostman5120]

I really want to start doing this ❤❤!! I'm 71 and retired looking for a purpose to my life. My daddy and grandpa served in the military and this would be a way to honor what they did. Thank you for this video and inspiring me !!! 🇺🇸🇺🇸

[@theyfaceeast]

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

[@helenbailey8419]

Thank-you It was wonderful to hear what you had to say.This man died not just for America,but for the world.To stem the flow of man's short sighted evil.May he rest in peace.

[@datboidego]

Not from this country, don’t have any relatives that served in the military but I’ve always had respect for those who sacrificed their lives so that we could sit and watch this video right now. We have no world without them.

[@theyfaceeast]

I love your comment.

[@richardpace9165]

I salute you sir for caring and honoring this soldiers monument.

[@svenhaheim]

Utmost respect for US veterans, they not only keep America free but the western world. Great work you are doing there :)

[@yannkitson116]

I'm not an American but I watched this video to the end, and I have come to the conclusion that you're an honorable man. Thank you for making this video.

[@xprs1257]

I’m with you Yann Kitson. Respect good Sir.

[@redhathcock5145]

I really appreciate what you did for this veteran. Wish more people would do this. Thank you, from a retired Navy man.

[@michaelfrost4584]

As a veteran myself, god bless you .

[@evearcana2392]

Thank you for your service 💗

[@arfurfoxhaike]

A lovely caring gesture in honour of a truly selfless patriot who laid down his life for his country. God bless you Sir.

[@ivangranger8494]

Thank You, for your volunteering to restore the headstones of our, heroes. 🇺🇸

[@theyfaceeast]

There are a lot of people who will clean a veteran headstone if they simply knew there was a problem in the first place.

[@ivangranger8494]

@@theyfaceeast I have been cleaning a family headstone for a few years that had their lost Son, brother and uncle and acknowledged. He died in WWII on the disabled Submarine, USS Sculpin. I make sure the headstone has a flag for Memorial Day, and a wreath for Winter. I even contacted the state military cemetery, and finally located a family member. I do not know if he has a memory headstone now in a National cemetery, or state. His only memorial was in Manila. There was a joint effort from the cemetery and myself. It was now up to the nephew to take the reigns. I lost contact with the nephew last year, and have had many time dragging challenges of my own. But the wreath should be up now on the family’s, and I will check on it when I go back to the city. I cleaned that headstone up from solid lichen and mold. So in ending- In Honor and Memory of Lt. Commander Nelson John Allen, whom died at sea in the Service of his country. 11/16/1943

[@revolutionaryprepper4076]

You give dignity and respect a whole new meaning. Ty for your service to those who have gone on before us. It's nice that you're doing this for our veterans, God bless you Sir. Keep up the good work.

[@redmax3471]

Hey Trae, all my respect for your work! I'm a Viet Nam vet and at this stage of my live seem to be spending a lot of time at the National Cemetery in Dallas, atending fellow vets funerals. Nice to know that there are people taking care of the head stones. Thank you again!

[@theyfaceeast]

Thank you for serving our country during the Vietnam War!

[@vickiemcelwee8621]

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

[@Yaspn]

Quality stuff! Me and my brother go to our local graveyard and read out every name aloud to keep their memory going. Would love to show my respect and clean some after seeing this

[@lukesluckylife4661]

That is awesome!

[@searing570]

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

[@SpaceHeavy-4]

you are a true gentleman and child of the universe.

[@kattmann1623]

A real surprise here when he reads off the name of distant relative of mine. Thank you for your good works, Sir!

[@Scott19-71]

I clean my granfather and my great grandmother and great grandfathers grave stones my grandfathers is black marble and i use a cleaning product i make myself and a polish i make myself i have been cleaning there gravestones for over 20 years and they are still sparkling clean makes me feel proud of myself

[@teem9010]

how did you make it?

[@robert-vt1fq]

Amen to that man for what he did for the United States and of our country

[@juliem.679]

Great video! Another useful tool in my headstone-cleaning bucket is a thin plastic spatula or pancake turner. A headstone covered in moss can be cleaned well by saturating the moss with water and then using the plastic spatula to gently scrape under it and the moss will come off in sheets.

[@samnkelstrunk2798]

Thank you! My Uncle died in WWII in Germany. His tombstone is in need of cleaning. Can’t wait to get on it

[@lindahouston5635]

That stuff really works! And the headstone looks so much better. And I love your respectful attitude.

[@bigbear5486]

You have such a good heart my man god bless you

[@ivarrtheboneless9104]

Thank you for the reverence with which you carried out the cleaning. I lost a Great Uncle at the Somme in 1916. His remains were never found. He has no headstone but is honoured on a memorial in France.

[@trenae77]

I'm a member of NSDAR and this video both encourages and inspires me to know that there are still people out there who not only love history, but have a deep and abiding respect for those who sacrificed their lives and fortunes for our safety. Thank you, Sir!

[@Nivasi]

We have a Civil war Memorial in our family. this D2 would be fantastic for his stone and memorial

[@katgrey6239]

Thank you for taking the time to think of those who sacrificed so much for freedom! 🇺🇸

[@theyfaceeast]

I hope to encourage others to do the same.

[@patarisman]

Absolute respect for you sir! We need more people like you these days. Many forget or just don't care about the importance of what these men did for us all and continue to do.

[@cuquisapenasolbes7904]

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[@bluegoddess1386]

I'm really touched. So many of these soldiers may not have a family anymore to come to look after them, and you're taking the time to make sure they look their best. As a Genealogist, I think about this as I research family lines that went back overseas during the Revolutionary War, or left the state, or never had children, or even those who never knew the names of their ancestors. This is our touchstone to our history. Thank you so much for all you do. I recently found my 5 times great Grandmother's resting place two hours from where I live (I didn't grow up in the area) and the photos of her stone broke my heart. I think I"m going to get some D2 and pay her a visit this summer.

[@theyfaceeast]

I'm so glad you found your 5th Great Grandmother's grave! She will give smiles from heaven when you clean her headstone.

[@zoedodge4137]

True respect demonstrated here! I hope others follow your inspiration. I’m in England and will look to see if any of my local church gravestones require such love and attention. God bless x

[@theyfaceeast]

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!

[@zoedodge4137]

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

[@Rondawwg]

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

[@michaelrankine1825]

These folk deserve a lot of praise.the graves they are tending to should never. Be forgotten.

[@theyfaceeast]

Praise is always nice, but from experience I can assure you the people who clean veteran headstones seek nothing in return for the work they perform. Wonderful folks.

[@vallm1545]

Without these people I would have been german. I will pray for them and I thank you for taking care of their grave. Greetings from France, God bless America.

[@cindydoback9776]

Thank you Trey for sharing your knowledge on how to properly and safely clean headstones - what a transformation! And thank you for the respect and gratitude you show for our American Veterans.

[@RoseofSharon3]

Thank you for doing all you do for our service members. I’ve got a few I need to clean also. Keep up the good work. Blessings to you.

[@theyfaceeast]

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

[@deeannafreshwaters3282]

As a family genealogist I have visited and cleaned many headstones with just a soft rag and plain water (never city tap water) free of chemicals and purifiers. Looking forward to getting D2!

[@kevballard1967]

We forget the sacrifice given by them. Thankyou to you all by what you did. I will never forget.

[@loribickford1202]

God bless you for caring so much about the forgotten. You respected and cleaned this gentleman’s gravestone like it was your father’s. ❤

[@richardhutchison3123]

Thank you for your service to our late veterans! It is a very kind act to continue to maintain and clean their permanent grave markers. It preserves their heritage and their service. God bless you!

[@07HDFatboy]

Thank you for doing what you do. As a Veteran myself I really appreciate your work.

[@weird1600]

Thank you for taking care of our fall service men and women’s final resting place!

[@marinemom70]

Thank you for what you do. I’d certainly donate if able…but sadly I’m not at this time but I do have a huge amount of gratitude for your efforts. I’m a Gold Star ⭐️ Parent & am in FL where our son has a headstone in a local cemetery next to his Grandfather but he is actually buried in GA where our former DIL had him placed. You’re correct when you say that it’s a grief that never eaves you. It’s been almost 13yrs and it’s like it was yesterday. God bless and continue honoring your DNA as it is a wonderful thing to do for those who secure our freedom that so many seem so complacent to or are oblivious about. Much respect 🇺🇸

[@theyfaceeast]

I can only imagine your loss. My great grandmother was a Gold Star mother. He was my grandmother's brother. I can assure you that while too many people are complacent to or are oblivious about the cost of freedom, there are still many millions of Americans today who grasp the gravity of what your son did for us, what you gave to us. We must find a way to assign a Volunteer to each and every one of our veterans of the past to ensure their final resting places are respectfully cared for in perpetuity without fail.

[@marilynmills2273]

@@theyfaceeastI’m so sorry for your loss

[@jonathansmith283]

very good work . where would we be , without our service women and men ? GOD BLESS AMERICA . ~ JDS/CT

[@theyfaceeast]

Unfortunately the cost of freedom is forgotten in three generations. It is vitally important that we raise awareness among the masses who have no idea about the sacrifices made by our veterans of the past.

[@melb3323]

Thank you for your services to these veterans- they deserve the respect they have earned as defender of our freedoms!!!

[@soniagonzales9144]

Great job! My husband served 2 tours in iraq, the first tour was 18 months and the 2nd was a year I spent it in Fairbanks Alaska and it was very hard being without our soldiers. Some didn't come back and to this day our children know more about our veterans than anything else. I want our veterans to know we love them and thank them all.

[@tubularfrog]

Thank you sir for this fine tutorial on the proper way to clean marble headstones. This was very instructive on the restoration and preservation of our ancestor's grave stones. No bleach, and no metal brushes! You must be in Florida to be wearing shorts on a November morning.

[@wesmuise4506]

Very respectful gentleman, we need more like you, thankyou for what you are doing😎

[@lowprofile2412]

Fantastic job, you have every right to feel honored cleaning his stone. I was just at my brother's grave on Mother's Day and their stone needs this done. I'm off to search for the D2 solution now, thanks again

[@michaelblevins3956]

God bless you brother, thanks for your patriotic work. My dad had SIX brothers who all are Vietnam veterans one who was a Vietnam and Korea veteran. I will always cherish all of them for what they all went through, God bless all veterans.

[@larrywolf2509]

Thank you sir, for your service to those who gave theirs.

[@misled1982]

Such a beautiful video and such a humbling experience, thank you for what you do, you help keep those young boye remembered after all those years

[@GodsOath_com]

Thank you Albert Alexander Thigpen Sr for your service. I know of one young man in my family tree, from Scotland who went to war at 16 and died in those WWI trenches.

[@theyfaceeast]

Millions of beautiful young men died in those trenches. Not all of us have forgotten. God bless your family member for his sacrifice.

[@marksTips466]

God bless you.. I felt your heart the entire time you were cleaning the stone. Honor and duty with some love thrown in. Thank you!

[@theyfaceeast]

Our veterans of the past deserve nothing less than our utmost respect and I believe it starts with their headstones being maintained to our best abilities.

[@gitoutover]

Thank you for introducing us to courageous Elbert and for providing a video that teaches how to clean a headstone and much more. Well done, Sir.

[@abooaw4588]

Thank you from France. We live in a free world these veterans paid the price for us .How can i purchase the D2 biological product ? Merci beaucoup From Grenoble France.

[@theyfaceeast]

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.

[@Mercmad]

@@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...

[@theyfaceeast]

@@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".

[@robertrhodessr3664]

@@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!

[@johnpearson9074]

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[@QPRTokyo]

You are good person. As an Englishman I would like to give my thanks to all servicemen and servicewomen of the USA armed forces. In the UK the First World War and the Second World War are remembered equally. My grandfather fought in the First World War and was injured. He was treated by American medical staff in France. He was extremely grateful for the care given to him. He also said he was given some chocolate. It may seem a trivial thing but for him it was like a piece of heaven. Keep up the good work. 🇺🇸🇺🇸🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🇬🇧

[@theyfaceeast]

I think it's wonderful how the people of England, France, and other allied countries still honor USA armed forces from WWI and WWII.

[@brendawilliams7836]

God Bless you for caring for our deceased veterans.

[@diamanta3]

God bless you for doing this for our Veterans.

[@theyfaceeast]

You're welcome, but I'm just doing what I feel God asked me to do. So it's really His idea.

[@azulyblancoforever6219]

I when to see my friend at the National cemetery in Dixon California and my wife and my self we were talking about how to clean the headstone and I found this video, thank you.

[@theyfaceeast]

You're welcome! Thank you for the comment. While attempting to gain permission from a city to clean African American veteran headstones in their historically segregated cemeteries, I discovered one of the main reasons why veteran headstones are covered in disgraceful biological scum is because people don't know how to clean headstones properly. It's really easy once you know what to use and what to do. Do no harm is the most important thing to remember! I appreciate you helping us with our mission to clean every veteran headstone by Memorial Day.

[@thetopfan5031]

Great video. Thank you for restoring these important monuments to our brave people!

[@kristenm4692]

Well done & informative. Thank you. Come spring, I’m going home to clean family headstones safely. I’ve been searching for exactly this. Thank you again.

[@evelynfoster2706]

WOW !! Thank you, Sir for cleaning the sones of the ones that fought for our Country’s Freedom ,!

[@givingisbetterthantaking..829]

God bless you, and the others like you, Currahee! the past will live on...

[@theyfaceeast]

You've been watching Band of Brothers. Love that series. I see my grandfather in them.