Grave Restoration Workshop to Preserve Local History at Alton Cemetery
A hands-on workshop aims to help restore Alton Cemetery’s historic graves.
ALTON - Riverbend residents can help restore gravestones at Alton Cemetery.From 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Friday, June 19, 2026, Atlas Preservation 48 State Tour will offer a workshop teaching people how to clean and restore graves. Sponsored by the Episcopal Parish of Alton and the Alton Cemetery, this workshop will teach basic skills that people can use to restore cemeteries across the region, with the goal of eventually creating a volunteer corps to maintain Alton Cemetery.“If people are look...
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