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<span class="contentpasted01"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; border: 1pt none windowtext; padding: 0in; color: rgb(36, 36, 36);">This past Saturday, the Westland Public Library welcomed Dr. Thomas <span data-markjs="true" data-ogac="" data-ogab="" data-ogsc="" data-ogsb=""></span></span><span class="markvc3w3u10c"><span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; border: 1pt none windowtext; padding: 0in; color: rgb(36, 36, 36);">Henthorn</span></span></span></span><span class="contentpasted01"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; border: 1pt none windowtext; padding: 0in; color: rgb(36, 36, 36);"> and
students from the University of Michigan-Flint Department of History for a historic preservation program at the Butler-Ganong Cemetery in Westland, a small but interesting site comprising of about 350 interments and dates back to 1832. Dr. Henthorn and his
students taught us about the proper care, cleaning, and repair of historic grave monuments. During the 3.5 hour program, we were able to clean several headstones on the site, as well as use an aluminum crane to lift and reset a headstone into its upright position.
This program was made possible by the Wyatt Endowment at the University of Michigan-Flint.</span><span> </span></span><span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; border: 1pt none windowtext; padding: 0in; color: black;">We worked with the Westland
Historic Commission to host the program and provide further context into the site’s history. </span><span class="contentpasted01"><span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Participants gained the resources and skills to clean historic monuments
on their own. </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span class="contentpasted01"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; border-width: 1pt; border-style: none; border-color: windowtext; padding: 0in; color: rgb(36, 36, 36);">If
your</span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span class="contentpasted01"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; border-width: 1pt; border-style: none; border-color: windowtext; padding: 0in; color: black;"> community
is interested in this project, please reach out to Dr. Thomas <span data-markjs="true" data-ogac="" data-ogab="" data-ogsc="" data-ogsb=""></span></span><span class="markvc3w3u10c"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; border-width: 1pt; border-style: none; border-color: windowtext; padding: 0in; color: black;">Henthorn</span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span class="contentpasted01"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; border-width: 1pt; border-style: none; border-color: windowtext; padding: 0in; color: black;"> at </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span class="contentpasted01"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; border-width: 1pt; border-style: none; border-color: windowtext; padding: 0in;"><a href="mailto:henthorn@umich.edu" class="" data-loopstyle="linkonly">henthorn@umich.edu</a>.</span></span></span></p>
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