Events.
Upcoming Events!
Jon Appell is currently booking workshops, private trainings, and restoration projects around the United States. These include designated events as well as workshops that are part of the 48 State Tour. View the event calendar below, most events are open to the public and some may require registration.
Past Events
48StateTour! - 2023
We just wrapped up the 2023 48StateTour! and it was a huge success! We performed 30 events in 24 states
View the footage below
48StateTour! - 2022
The 2022 48StateTour! was monumental! We performed 45 workshops free + open to the public in collaboration with cemeteries and local municipalities around the US!
View some images along the 2022 tour below.
48 State Tour - 2021 Midwest & New England Tour
The 48 State Regional Tours in 2021 were a huge success! Thank you to everyone that helped to host, promote and participate.
The highlight of the tour was resetting a life size monument called the Seemann Angel at Mount Hope Cemetery in Osceola, Wisconsin.
The Wisconsin Historical Society helped to co-host the event and had a camera crew on site to record a video that premiered at the annual Wisconsin Local History and Historic Preservation Conference. (view below)
The Osceola Sun - Monument Restored at Mount Hope
Visit the 48 State Tour Facebook page here! and check out www.48statetour.com for more info and upcoming events!
Raising the Seemann Angel - created by Millennial Stone Cleaner
Wisconsin Historical Society presents Local Cemetery Conservation - Common Cemetery Conservation Needs
48 State Tour 2020!
The 48 State Tour in 2020 was a huge success!
Unfortunately we had to cancel a few events due to rain, and a few events due to heavy smoke but we were able to conduct 41 successful workshops.
Thank you to everyone that helped to host, promote and participate in the 48 State Tour!
The Goal was 48 states in 48 days including travel, we added Washington, District of Colombia to make it 49… overall It was EPIC!!! About 20+ days in a row, however then there was snow, then smoke & fire, and then rain. A total of 41 events took place and about 35+ of them were very well attended!
The cemetery is my sense of comfort, my sanctuary in a world of darkness, the one piece of light that i have in my life.
-Jessica Sorensen
Visit the 48 State Tour Facebook page here! and check out www.48statetour.com for more info and upcoming events!
Pictured Above: Palenville Cemetery in Palenville, New York on August 24th, 2020
Pictured Below: Photos from workshops along the tour in Connecticut, New York, Oklahoma, Ohio and Rhode Island
Gravestone Conservation Lecture & Workshop - Cane Hill, Arkansas
AHPP Cemetery Preservation Workshop in Cane Hill, Washington County on Saturday, October 24 & a lecture on cemetery materials and maintenance the evening of Friday, October 23.
Information on registration and agendas will be forthcoming.
Any questions can be directed to Holly Hope at 501 324-9148 or e-mail holly@arkansasheritage.org.
Gravestone Conservation Workshop - New Paltz. New York
Gravestone Preservation Workshop- October 19-20, 2015
October 19-20, 2015
New Paltz, New York
Historic Huguenot Street
88 Huguenot Street
New Paltz, NY 12561
www.huguenotstreet.org
This workshop will provide two days of hands-on training on the conservation and maintenance of cemetery monuments and gravestones. Jonathan Appell will lead hands-on, interactive training for participants, covering topics including how to re-set stones, repair to fragmented stones, appropriate repair materials, use of infill material, and methods for re-pointing and cleaning masonry
Gravestone Conservation Workshop - Colorado Springs, Colorado
Gravestone Restoration and Preservation Workshop
October 9th-10th of 2015
Evergreen Cemetery
Colorado Springs, CO 80904
The Evergreen Cemetery Benevolent Society is hosting a two- day gravestone preservation/restoration and repair workshop at Evergreen Cemetery in Colorado Springs, CO
Contact info: Evergreen Cemetery Society- evergreencemeterysociety@yahoo.com &
Jonathan Appell www.gravestonepreservation.info Phone: 860-558-2785
Jon taught this class last year at Evergreen Cemetery and the information we came away with is allowing us to repair more stones than we thought possible. I can’t say enough of Jon’s knowledge and training. Jon Appell has been teaching classes across the country for over sixteen years.
In taking this workshop you will come away with the knowledge you need to care for your own historic cemetery by learning the tools and techniques in proper gravestone repair. Many historic gravestones have been destroyed due to untrained individuals and incorrect techniques. This is a hands on workshop where you will be working on actual stones that will be the same type of stones in your own cemetery.
The cost of the class will be $150 for one day, or $250 for 2 days per person. This will include breakfast and lunch each day. If you plan to attend only one day you are able to attend either day, as there will be review on the start of day 2.
Mailing Address: C/0 Dianne Hartshorn, 2620 South Blvd, Colorado Springs, CO 80904
About 65 pages of printed materials are also included to each person in attendance! These will cover conservation, history, historic mortars, cemetery safety a materials list and more.
If you are in need of hotel accommodations, please contact Dianne, and I will work with assisting you in finding rooms.
Gravestone Conservation Workshop - Martinsburg, West Virginia
The Trustees of the Norborne Cemeteries in Martinsburg, WV are sponsoring a day long workshop on gravestone preservation. Jonathan Appell, nationally known gravestone and monument preservation expert, will present the workshop. Register at the Eventbrite page.
Read about him at http://www.gravestoneconservation.com/
Learn how to safely clean, level and repair headstones and monuments. The workshop will teach basic conservation and repair techniques. At a slow-working pace, all techniques will be described in detail as work is performed. Different types of repairs will be shown representing various types of work commonly needed in historic cemeteries.
Participants will learn:
Materials needed
Safe cleaning techniques
Hands-on skills in resetting a tablet stone
Joining broken gravestone fragments
Pros and cons of using epoxy
Replacing eroded or lost stone
Cement and concrete vs headstones
Old Norborne Cemetery was laid out by Adam Steven, founder of Martinsburg, Virginia (now West). It was established by an enactment of the Virginia General Assembly as a burying ground in 1778. There approximately 1,111 graves in the “Burying Ground” The oldest marker is dated 1800. Veterans from the Revolutionary War, War of 1812, the Civil War (both Union and Confederate), WWI and WWII are buried here.
Lunch Included!
Extreme inclement weather may cause a change of date.
Additional Donations Gratefully Accepted!!
Have questions about GRAVESTONE PRESERVATION WORKSHOP? Contact Trustees of Norborne Cemeteries
