Members of the Prattville Dragoons helped a local master bricklayer with brick and concrete repairs at the Indian Hill Cemetery over the past couple weeks. Dragoons Color Sgt John Dennis initiated the repairs working with 87 year old Don Hall who is a master bricklayer. 1st Lt Rob Schwartz also pitched in and learned a lot about the mason craft and came away amazed at Don's knowledge, skill and energy with the project. The guys rebuilt a brick wall around a family plot at Indian Hill which provides the final resting place for a number of original Dragoons, veterans of the War for Southern Independence. Some of this brick had fallen on the ground and they used this and worked to find old brick to use to complete the wall, even attempting to match the weathered mortar color. They also have reconstructed a false crypt for another grave using concrete including footers and forms. Broken headstones are also being repaired and cleaned. An outstanding project which these men initiated and have owned including spending substantial money of their own to enhance this historic cemetery and return these gravesites to their original condition. Indian Hill cemetery is maintained by the Dragoons as part of the Sons of Confederate Veterans Guardian program.
Well done, Compatriots! Thank you for continuing to honor our Southern dead.
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