DAR Monserate Chapter cleans veterans headstones

FALLBROOK – On a sunny Sunday, Feb. 13, the Monserate Chapter of Daughters of the American Revolution and friends gathered to assist Suzanne Lemoine, regent, in cleaning veterans' headstones, for completion of her DAR Horizon Course Capstone Project. Nine members came together to prep and clean the marble and other headstones with the D2 biological cleaning product. At least 25 headstones were cleaned.

In preparing to clean with the D2 product, all members viewed a YouTube video on how to restore a veteran's headstone using the D2 product. They were able to leave the D2 product on the headstones because it's action continues to clean for a duration of time. After completion of this project, they will be exploring some of those veterans' service history.

One headstone cleaned was that of Shogo Yamaguchi, who retired in Fallbrook and became an active member of the community, participating in a wide variety of gardening-related activities. He held advanced degrees in botany, won many awards in his field, and was the first winner of the Fallbrook Land Conservancy's Volunteer Leadership Award.

"It was a very gratifying experience to honor our veterans with a clean headstone. The Monserate DAR chapter will make this an annual event. Honoring these veterans is a way to thank them for their contributions to enable us our freedom. God bless them," said Lemoine.

Submitted by Daughters of the American Revolution Monserate Chapter.