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Page 8 <strong>Norfolk</strong> & <strong>Wrentham</strong> Local Town Pages www.localtownpages.com <strong>July</strong> <strong>2019</strong><br />
Boy Scout Cleans Gravestones in <strong>Norfolk</strong><br />
Cemetery for Eagle Scout Project<br />
Contributed by<br />
Barbara Bartholomew<br />
<strong>Norfolk</strong> Historical<br />
Commission<br />
On June 2, Eagle Scout candidate<br />
Nicholas Dadasis and a<br />
team of Scouts began cleaning<br />
60 headstones in the colonial<br />
section of <strong>Norfolk</strong> Cemetery.<br />
The colonial section dates back<br />
to 1745 when <strong>Wrentham</strong> established<br />
the cemetery.<br />
Dadasis and his crew of<br />
Scouts from Troop 80 removed<br />
hundreds of years of accumulated<br />
dirt, moss and lichen from<br />
the stones, some of which were<br />
unreadable. The Scouts were<br />
trained in how to clean the<br />
gravestones by Robert Gregg<br />
from the Vine Street Cemetery<br />
Preservation Trust in Medfield.<br />
The Scouts used D2, a recently<br />
developed, water-soluble cleaner<br />
that is very effective and safe for<br />
the environment. It also does not<br />
damage the gravestones.<br />
The cleaning process involved<br />
A stone before being cleaned<br />
with D2.<br />
moistening the stones before<br />
spraying them with D2. The D2<br />
was then allowed to soften and<br />
loosen the debris clinging to the<br />
stones. Next, the Scouts thoroughly<br />
scrubbed the stones with<br />
soft bristle brushes. Finally, the<br />
stones were gently rinsed with a<br />
spray from a hand-pumped tank.<br />
This is the second cleaning<br />
project undertaken by Troop 80<br />
A cleaned stoned.<br />
Boy Scouts. The first project took<br />
place in 2017, and resulted in 60<br />
cleaned headstones.<br />
While some stones are more<br />
difficult to clean than others, the<br />
results are generally remarkable.<br />
Stop by the cemetery and see for<br />
yourself. Viewing the cemetery<br />
from Seekonk Street, the colonial<br />
section is located in the front<br />
right corner.<br />
From left, Alex Stock, Peter Dadasis, Brendan McLaughlin, Santo Rizzo,<br />
Brennan Covel, Tommy Cambria, Nicholas Dadasis, Christian Dadasis,<br />
AJ Soares, Billy Hessler, and Chris Stock. Not pictured is Sam Evans.<br />
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