Projects
Preserving places. Restoring monuments. Bringing communities together.
Upcoming Projects & Events
Bethesda Cemetery
Cemetery Cleanup Day
Saturday, October 31
9:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.
Bethesda Cemetery
Join us as we work to uncover buried stones and cradle graves, clean up overgrown trees and brush, and clean monuments. Volunteers of all experience levels are welcome. Come learn, lend a hand, and help us preserve this historic cemetery.
New Salem Baptist Church Cemetery
Cemetery Preservation & Cleanup Day
Saturday, November 14
9:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.
New Salem Baptist Church Cemetery
Join the Respect and Restore Society as we return to New Salem Baptist Church Cemetery for a morning of cemetery preservation and care. Volunteers of all experience levels are welcome. Come learn, lend a hand, and help us preserve this cemetery for future generations.
Our Work in the Community
Cemetery Preservation
Caring for historic monuments using safe, respectful preservation methods.
Forgotten. Found. Remembered.
Discovering monuments lost to time and helping bring the people and stories behind them back into the light.
Community and Education
Bringing people together to learn, preserve, and discover the history found within our cemeteries.
Every Person Has a Story
Every monument represents a person. Every person has a story. Every story deserves to be remembered.
Cemeteries hold the stories of the people who came before us — their families, their work, their sacrifices, and the communities they helped shape. Through research and storytelling, we work to bring those stories back into the light so they are not lost to time.
