OUR DISCLAIMER

My group does not in ANY WAY, SHAPE OR FORM ENDORSE THE MICHIGAN HISTORIC CEMETERY PRESERVATION GUIDE AS A DEFINITIVE RESOURCE FOR RESTORING CEMETERIES. WE DO SAY IT CONTAINS THE BEST WAY TO GO ABOUT PLANNING A CEMETERY RESTORATION PROJECT.,THAT IS IT...  WE ARE NOT TRYING TO BE MEAN HERE. WE JUST FIND FAULT WITH IT. A RECENT REVIEW BY ONE OF THE COUNTRY'S LEADING PRESERVATIONISTS FOUND QUITE A FEW FAULTS WITH IT ALSO, REGARDLESS OF IT BEING WELL WRITTEN. I WILL SEND THAT REVIEW TO ANYONE WHO REQUESTS IT.

RESEARCH HAS SHOWN THAT MUCH OF THE INFORMATION CONTAINED THERE WAS OUT ON THE INTERNET BEFORE THE PUBLICATION OF THE MANUAL. THE MANUAL DOES NOT SHOW ANY OF THE AUTHORS DOING THE RESTORATIONS EITHER, TO WHERE THEY COULD WARRANT SUCH OPINIONS AND DISCOURAGE OTHERS FROM ATTEMPTING RESTORATIONS.

SHOULD THEY CHOOSE TO DO A REVISION WE SUGGEST THEY INCLUDE THAT VITAL INFORMATION TO MAKE IT A MORE RELIABLE AND BELIEVABLE SOURCE. IT IS HARD TO BELIEVE THE BOOK WITHOUT THE ACTUAL PROOF IN PHOTOS THAT THEY KNOW HOW TO DO THESE PROJECTS.

THIS IS JUST OUR OPINION, EVERYONE IS ENTITLED TO ONE, AND WE WILL NOT BE HELD LIABLE FOR THAT.

JENNY

HURON CRUSADERS PRESIDENT