Veteran Headstone Cleaning Presentation County Commissioners

Trae Zipperer founder of By Memorial Day traveled to Flemington, NJ in Hunterdon County to give a veteran headstone cleaning presentation to County Commissioners Susan Soloway and Zach Rich along with county staff and patriotic citizens at Prospect Hill Cemetery. Trae chose the grave site of WWII Marine PFC Walter J. Barker, 1st Marines, 1st Marine Division, to educate those in attendance about the significance of honoring our veteran heroes of the past with clean headstones. PFC Walter J. Barker was Killed In Action September 15, 1944 at the Battle of Peleliu during the first day amphibious assault of the Pacific island held by the Japanese.
Hunterdon County was the first municipality in the United States to invite Trae Zipperer to help them implement a program to clean every veteran headstone by Memorial Day. County Commissioner Susan Soloway was the first government leader in the nation to take the initiative to honor veterans with clean grave markers after watching Trae Zipperer on ABC’s LIVE with Kelly and Ryan national tv show.
In this video, Trae Zipperer explains the tools and supplies he uses to properly clean government-furnished veteran headstones and grave markers following the best practices headstone cleaning protocol issued by the National Cemetery Administration. The cleaning agent used was D/2 Biological Solution and brushes used were Magnolia Brushes with natural Tampico fiber bristles.

[@mrcarlo1966]

Excellent job and presentation Trae.And thank you to Flemington County and Commissioner Soloway for hosting Mr Zipperer and caring for our veterans!

[@sarahj2607]

I want to do this in Canada!! Good luck to you guys in the states. I just learned my great uncle was killed in the Netherlands freeing the Dutch in WWII and the Dutch always take care of our Canadian soldiers buried in their beautiful cemeteries. We should be taking care of ours buried back home.

[@michaelo1492]

Hoping this movement will grow and spread across our country 🇺🇸

[@1lilfarm]

Trae, thank you for your service. Your cousin Jim Johnson is a friend of mine (I'm also from South Jersey). I saw in this month's American Welding Society magazine that there were people cleaning the headstones by blasting them with dry ice?? Have you heard of this?? Thanks again. 👍👍👍

[@annadean4909]

I live in Oregon and I visit the 5 local cemeteries near me and I am going to look into what we can do there for cleaning the stones. Thank you for doing your part also and inspiring others.

[@theyfaceeast]

I appreciate you getting involved in your local cemeteries.

[@VolcanoTimeLapse]

Amen! Keep doing your great work, Sir. I pray our troubled country will unite and love each other.

[@theyfaceeast]

Getting America's attention about our veteran hero headstones covered in biological filth sure isn't easy. I guess that's why God gave me the gifts of stamina, self discipline, and determination. God has a plan and He wants those veteran headstones cleaned.

[@geraldblackburn4883]

I just sent this video to 5 others.

[@benniehazelwood9276]

Thank you. For doing this is most important to the Veterans to try to keep them clean. Thank you for your service to keep us free and safe. And to the veteran who was standing by the lady. Thank you for your service to keep us free and safe.

[@mikecastillo8747]

Thank you for starting this movement!, I hope to help continue your mission!

[@theyfaceeast]

We need all the help we can get! My hope is that one person in every town USA will step up to pave the way for others in their community to lend a warm hand on a cold stone. Somebody has to do the legwork of planning a veteran headstone cleaning event. The second event is a piece of cake!

[@jbeadle9]

just watched your video and like it im in the process of getting started in cleaning grave stones that are forgotten,many from the french and indian all the way up to present wars and conflicts,the information you have presented has been verry helpfull.

[@theyfaceeast]

I'm glad my videos reached you. This is a grass roots effort with minimal funding from individual donors, so word of mouth is our only way to spreading the word.

[@sixfeetabovethegrave]

I love and totally agree with what you say about the "permission" to clean veteran graves - and I think it should apply to all neglected graves in general ☻💕 there's so many graves that we're losing to time because there's no one showing them TLC anymore - usually because they're so aged that no one alive now knows who they were. If a person is educated on how to clean graves appropriately, it should just be respected, appreciated, and not frowned upon!

[@Tombcleaner]

your channel is the reason why i choose that name and i will do the same thing :)

[@annehorstman6071]

So is my family Daughter of the American Revolution!

[@theyfaceeast]

So far, I've identified 45 of my grandfathers as having been Revolutionary War Patriot Soldiers. I believe I will eventually find 75 more. It makes me very proud knowing my DNA established the United States of America.

[@annehorstman6071]

@@theyfaceeast Cool! I love doing genealogy and knowing what my ancestors have done for the Country and to improve their lives. Been doing it since I’m 12yrs old! 63 now.

[@Supercheeseburger666]

Great Job !

[@LA-ku3ut]

Great job

[@stonecoldrestorations4591]

Thank you sir - wanted to let you know that I am doing my part (cleaning veteran headstones) in Durham NC. I have cleaned about 45 of them in Maplewood Cemetery (see my channel for videos of my work)

[@rbu2136]

Starting my second video. Where can we get D/2 locally? We will do this Memorial Day. My grandfather was a Captain, Pathfinders, Market Gardens.

[@rbu2136]

D2 is ordered online.

[@bobmcnelis3648]

Are you still in the NorthEast? If so, I’d like to show you something that would really interest you in Connecticut. It has to do with Revolutionary War Prisoners that were dumped on the shores or my City. 77 American Patriots are buried there. Great content, I’ll keep cleaning Veterans graves here in my area, keep up inspiring people to do the same.

[@lukemoran6574]

How do you remove hard water deposits from a marble veteran headstone?

[@lanmarknetworking3034]

Your doing Gods work, sir Heck...maybe even a FEW gods works...😆🤣

[@theyfaceeast]

Thanks! It really is God's work. He asked me to do it, so I'm just doing what I feel God told me to do. When the number 316 begins popping up in weird places on a regular basis, God is trying to get your attention. I had to start taking pictures of 316 to show my friends and family so they wouldn't send me off to some special place.

[@janetmertz1740]

I'm afraid it does NOT say tech savvy across my forehead..trying to get you and "Rhetty for History" together. He is in primarily in Oklahoma.

[@chipfrederickson6162]

Where can you find the protocol? I tried looking it up on google but haven't been able to find it

[@theyfaceeast]

Go to ByMemorialDay.com. In the navigation bar, choose About Us. In the text on About Us page, click on the hotlink Click Here to View NCA Protocol.

[@healingvibrations7845]

@@theyfaceeast THANK YOU for YOUR service

[@Sandalphon9]

❤️

[@theyfaceeast]

I am hopeful government leaders will watch my videos about the need for society to maintain the graves of veterans within their hometown cemeteries, and then take action within their respective jurisdiction. It doesn't cost much money, and most everyone agrees veteran headstones covered in filth is not acceptable, so it seems like a no-brainer for any leader to champion this cause.

[@Sandalphon9]

@@theyfaceeast I agree. We need to Honor our Fallen with Dignity and Respect. This is a simple yet profound way to do so. Thank you for what you do. ❤️

[@theyfaceeast]

@@Sandalphon9 Just to be clear, our mission is to clean EVERY veteran headstone by Memorial Day, not only our Fallen. Protecting and defending our nation is a team effort where all gave some, some gave all. By Memorial Day is not to be confused with the national holiday Memorial Day, which is dedicated to our Fallen, whereas Veterans Day focused on EVERY veteran. The name is a call to action and could have been By Veterans Day, but my hometown city fought against my attempt to clean our local veteran headstones by Veterans Day. Delayed by pushback, red tape, and stonewalling by local government officials, I ran out of sufficient time to organize the cleaning of all veteran headstones by Veterans Day. The next upcoming appropriate veterans holiday was Memorial Day, so I set the goal of getting all veteran headstones cleaned by Memorial Day. My grandfather didn't die on the battlefields of Europe during WWII, but the young man he was before looking down into hell's abyss did not come home from the war.

[@kylpalmer]

🤩😍❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@yoursztruly6112]

What do u clean a black granite head stone

[@theyfaceeast]

D/2 Biological Solution works on many types of natural stone including marble and granite.

[@stevenseverance3692]

It's about time a part of the Country show's they "Care". If I could get out to a local Cemetery 🪦 I would love to clean those "Headstones 🪦". I feel that President Trump will help you out so unfortunately you will have to wait till 2024. Sincerely Yours 🤠 Mr Severance, "The Cake 😋 🍰🎂 🥳🎉 🎈 Man", "World 🌎🌍 Cruiser"&"Succulent 🪴 Collector", and "Teacup's & Saucer's Set's and Teapot 🫖 Collector".

[@joesteel]

Marble stone???

[@theyfaceeast]

Yes, the ground level white stone I clean in this video is marble.

[@arghvanbayat9945]

I want to know what is your real job? I am lawyer and I like do this but I don't have enough time Oh I am tired, typing English is difficult 😁 Arghavan, from Iran

[@user-wb1nw8zy8w]

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[@KR-ti5uz]

Use D2 to clean headstones, works wondets.it does the work you get the compliments

[@theyfaceeast]

Yep