How to Clean Veteran Headstones Using D/2 Biological Solution
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- Опубликовано: 21 ноя 2019
- Learn how to properly clean a veteran headstone using D/2 Biological Solution. D/2 is the product used at all National Cemeteries to clean more than 3 million veteran headstones. In this video, Trae Zipperer, Founder of Honor Your DNA, demonstrates how to clean a veteran headstone by showing the tools, supplies, and techniques required to transform an algae and grime covered veteran headstone into a respectfully clean monument. All veteran headstones located outside National Cemeteries should look as though they too belong in Arlington. Trae Zipperer has initiated an objective for patriotic Americans to clean every veteran headstone in America by Memorial Day. This video will serve as a detailed informative guide for volunteers to watch before cleaning their first veteran headstone. Once a veteran headstone has been cleaned properly, the volunteer should mark their calendar to return one year later to spray the veteran headstone with a coating of D/2 Biological Solution as an annual preventative maintenance plan.
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I used this product to clean my grandfather's Marble headstone. The marble was imported from Italy and my grandmother's pride and joy. It was in bad shape. TODAY? it looks perfect.
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Im glad you did that. Stones are expensive and many families were unable to purchase one for their loved ones and marked the graves with rocks or a piece of wood, which have been lost due to the ravages of time. God bless you, Leslie
I'm a disabled vet that is retired, and now live in a small tx town which has a small vet cemetery.
I needed to find something to occupy my time.
This is a honorable way to respect my fellow vets that have passed away.
Thank you for this video.
Thank you for helping us honor the veterans of our past.
Thank you for your service & your loyalty to your fellow service people.
Great idea to respect and honor someone's memory.. Thank you for your service Sir! God bless & keep you & your family.🗽🗽🗽🗽🗽🗽🗽
@@honoryourdna8897 -It's a really great thing you are doing & maybe many will catch on! Cleaning would also help people who want to take rubbings.
If that spray can hurt your skin or eyes, it could hurt your lungs too. It takes that moss, mold, & dirt off so quickly, it certainly must be strong. As you are spraying, fine invisible-to-the-eye particles are swirling around & spread out from the initial stream. Would be better to wear a chemical approved respirator to protect your lungs & immune system. Better safe than sorry. 😊
Thanks for your service and keeping my FREEDOM. Sorry for disability and your service to your fellow service people will not go unnoticed .
I want to thank you for honering the Veterans. We, in Holland will never forget the sacrifices you Americans among others made for us.
Love from Holland.❤
God bless you there in Holland. I'm pretty sure my grandfather fought in Holland during WWII. He was with the 79th Infantry Division. If anyone messes with Holland, we will be back.
Doing this for UK veterans here too, really is addictive after doing a few.
Sure is! It is so good in so many ways.
It’s nice to see it also works in UK.
Can you get this D2 in the UK??
@@lesleighbutler8623 Yes but its super expensive, I'm looking for a safe alternative - Any suggestions welcomed please..
@@keziasarah I don’t think anyone should use different stuff than he said as these headstones can’t be repurchased and our family property so if can’t buy it better forget it.
when i was a kid me and my cousin would go in the graveyard and read the tombstones. one section had a bunch of world war 1 kids. very young troops
My sister and I like to walk in old cemeteries to see the long long ago they were buried. I love learning historical things and cemeteries have always drawn me in.
@@tmbaccigalopi my daughter loves to do that and I certainly enjoy doing it with her, more Dad-daughter bonding time :) Plus I get to exercise my fat ass LOL
Old men start wars and young men die in them.
@@MikeT-TheRetiredColonel omg😂😂😂😂😂
@Johnny Xander BASED AND REDPILLED
Decided to clean the headstones at a small town cemetery. This video gave me the advice I need. Thank you
You are welcome! I'm happy this video was helpful to you in your efforts to honor a veteran with a clean headstone.
Thank you Sir!
You never mentioned if you had military service...
You are a good American, to remember our military fallen.
I am a Vietnam Combat Veteran, United States Army. My health issues continue. Agent Orange has and keeps killing many of 🇺🇸 us.
Thank you for what you are doing. I am A Mancuso Sr. My son, A Mancuso Jr, is not a veteran. Thank you.
Thank you for your service. Many prayers to you on your health and contacting that nasty chemical disease.
you can also use wet & forget, and the nice thing is it's readily available
Respect from England , A place where many of your countryman lay at rest
Cleaning that stone was a very honorable thing to do! Thank you for honoring this war hero!
My grandma runs our local cemetery and gave me permission to clean the veteran graves come spring. Very excited!
It's springtime, have you gotten out there yet?
How did the cleaning go? are you finished?
@@VolcanoTimeLapse not completely finished! I did a few the past few weekends! I have been trying to get the ones that are flush with the ground cleared off because the grass was growing over top. I used a plastic puddy spreader to help lift the grass and dirt off. Now just waiting for my D2 to come in the mail.
@@marisahayes5559 Well, good 4 you, Marisa. :) I hope it's not a tough job. You're a fine lady to do this. Good luck.
@@VolcanoTimeLapse it’s not too bad! The sun just gets hot!! Haha. Have a great day!
One day, others will be cleaning his tombstone. He deserves the same respect he’s shown to these deceased people.
Mhm.
Not from this country, don’t have any relatives that served in the military but I’ve always had respect for those who sacrificed their lives so that we could sit and watch this video right now. We have no world without them.
I love your comment.
As a wife and daughter of veterans, this is very special to me. I was privileged along with some fellow teachers and students to clean several stones of local veterans. It was a powerful activity for us all!
Your comment will inspire others to make an effort to clean a veteran's headstone. Thank you for sharing your experience.
My Father served in WW1 in the British Army, Every year when the VFW puts out flags they put a British flag for Dad. They even took a US star and ground out the S and brazed in and made a K for the UK and put in at his stone. They totally respect him and I want to Thank them for doing so. David Kerr 1892-1974 God Bless you Dad.
God bless you and your dad Phil. What a wonderful tribute to your dad when they created a UK flag holder for him. Many of my ancestors originated from the UK dating back to as early as 1631.
Read your remark about honoring your British father's vgrave by local VFW post. I hope you have thanked them with a written letter to the commander. Perhaps you have sought themout personally.
My dad was a vfw member in the army rip Johnny ray McClure love u dad
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as a marine and army vet i find this very interesting. think i just found a new hobby 😁
Thank you for joining us! And thank you for your service to our country.
I might join too👌
@@theunknownbunny9285 that would be wonderful! All we have to do is spread the word, and each person clean just one veteran headstone. Of course, once you clean one, you'll want to clean TEN! Please Subscribe to my channel, so I can reach you when I roll out our new website to track routine maintenance for all veteran graves.
Semper fi
I never knew you could become part of both Marines and Army. Wow!
Thank you for your service Elbert Alexander Thigpen, without veterans like u we wouldn't have freedom.
My grandfather has passed away pretty recently, and even though he wasn't an veteran, this video brings me joy
Thank you for doing what you do.
Both of my parents were military. I support what you are doing! Freedom isn't free & we should honor those who gave their lives in the trenches of war. Can't wait to try this!
Please share your experiences cleaning veteran headstones! Our FB page is By Memorial Day.
I am so glad you wrote that Freedom isn't free.Spot on
Yes I start crying when I visit cemeteries and see headstones of the fallen vietnam soldiers of my age 😢🇺🇸
@Ignatios Nelson facts
In WW2 U.S. had a number of casualties estimated from 291,557-416,800, 99% of them military personnel.
But don't forget the rest of the world which was devastated.
Ranked by death toll (from either side of the war):
Soviet Union 20 million
China 15 million
Germany 7 million
Poland 6 million
Dutch East Indies 3 million
Japan 2.5 million
India 2.2 million
Yugoslavia 1 million
Indochina 1 million
and the list goes up to 75 million people, 70% civilians.
I have about 30 people who will be helping to honor 29 veterans tomorrow in a little cemetery in Leland, IL. Your video has been excellent prep. I have shared this with everyone involved, including my DAR chapter. I cannot wait to see the difference we make and the inspiration our group gets to make this an annual event with nearby cemeteries. Thank you!
Hello, I am trying to figure out how to get a veterans DD-214? Can you ask around and please tell me what you find out? I cannot get his papers and for some reason there are many homeless veterans in California that cant seem to locate their papers eather. Help in California
We should never stop honoring our veterans. God bless you
Thank you! My Uncle died in WWII in Germany. His tombstone is in need of cleaning. Can’t wait to get on it
As a veteran, I salute you sir. You have made a difference.
I don’t even come from USA, but I found this so deep and meaningful! What a nice man! 😃
Im cleaning Military Headstones for my Eagle Project, and this video was just what I needed to honor the fallen.
Outstanding! I saw the results of an Eagle Project while cleaning family headstones in a cemetery near Charlotte, NC. The scout researched each grave to identify all the veterans and then installed a historical marker type of sign with a map of the cemetery with the veterans clearly marked. He may have also installed flag holders at the veteran graves, but I'm not sure who did that. He didn't clean the veteran headstones, but maybe he has plans for that next.
That's fantastic, good luck with making Eagle Scout 👍
I lost my grandad in world war 2 and i appreciate what u do for the head stones of the men lost xxx
Thank you for caring about our veterans final resting place. They gave so much. We were raised to clean our loved ones stones, and if we find ones that had been over-grown..we clean those, too. We found a tiny stone of a 5 year old with a picture of little boy blue. Never would have seen it if we didn't step on something hard. It was totally overgrown. We dug it out and shined it up. R.I.P little boy blue.
Thank you for sharing your cemetery visit experience. There are so many grave markers beneath the surface now. I am not a fan of ground level grave markers, because they disappear so quickly as they settle into the ground and get covered by leaves and grass.
@@honoryourdna8897 , thank you sir for your good works. I don't like the ground markers either for that same reason. Unfortunately when so many children died in the 1918 influenza , that happened alot. My gram lost 3 siblings and I have to keep the small markers from the overgrowth. No one should ever be forgotten.
@@missingutah Amen Tammy! I cleaned the little headstones of two 1st Cousins 2x Removed this week. A 10 year old boy and a 12 year old girl. Probably hadn't been cleaned since 1955.
thanks for all you do. I just got started on my quest to clean all my family markers first and then move on to those people that may not have anyone to care for them.
This adventure for me started by cleaning all of my ancestors' graves. Most graves do not receive visitors, so thank you for caring for those forgotten.
I have just got into gravesite preservation and restoration, for the exact reasons u talked about. I started with my grandmother's stone, and about 5 stones to the left was a military stone of one of her relatives. I was compelled to give it my attention before I left that day, and I hope my work will honor him and his contribution. I hope to do many more, especially older and more historic stones, as a service to families who want to preserve and maintain their loved one's lasting Earthly memory. Great video, thanks for the info!
Don’t forget to ask to clean them
@@honoryourdna8897 Once a family dies out there is noone to put flowers on the graves or commemorate them, much less clean the stones.
@@lynnlindsay4480 I believe certain things are sacred. Veteran graves qualify as sacred ground. When a young man or woman lays down their life for the country we consider to be our sovereign, I believe there exists an implicit promise that we the future generations will care for their graves. They never married, never had children, and as you mention, they have no descendants to clean their headstone. I grew up in the shadow of an American hero, my grandfather, a WWII combat soldier. As a boy, trying to imagine what it was like for my grandfather to have done what he did, to have witnessed the horrors of war up close, I acquired a deep appreciation for those who established and maintained this country I consider to be my sovereign. We cannot thank them enough for the place we call home today. The least we can do is keep their veteran headstones clean.
Quality stuff! Me and my brother go to our local graveyard and read out every name aloud to keep their memory going. Would love to show my respect and clean some after seeing this
That is awesome!
A man’s not dead while his name is still spoken.
Fantastic job, you have every right to feel honored cleaning his stone.
I was just at my brother's grave on Mother's Day and their stone needs this done.
I'm off to search for the D2 solution now, thanks again
I clean my granfather and my great grandmother and great grandfathers grave stones my grandfathers is black marble and i use a cleaning product i make myself and a polish i make myself i have been cleaning there gravestones for over 20 years and they are still sparkling clean makes me feel proud of myself
how did you make it?
not sure how youtube got me here on Memorial day weekend of 2021, but what you're doing here is touching. With so many people now disrespecting the country and the flag, it's great to see you honoring those who fell serving this country and honoring the flag. you're a true patriot sir.
I can’t thank you enough for doing this. You gave a gift. You taught CARE.
As a veteran myself, god bless you .
Thank you for your service 💗
As a veteran you cannot possibly know what your efforts, and especially your comments, mean to me and really every other vet I know! May God Bless you and your family !!!
God bless you for your service to our country Ruben. There will be a rebirth of patriotism in America. We must no longer be complacent when it comes to honoring our veterans of the past.
You guys have sacrificed much for our world. ❤️
I'm hard of hearing. Could you please print the name of the cleaner? I would love to contribute in cleaning headstones of our HEROES. Thankyou
Thank you sir. I was raised to take care of the graves also. Our family are all gone now from our small town in Idaho but when we visit they are remembered & tended to.
I´m from germany, and i am very impressed how americans and other countrys take care of their monuments and thumbstones. I miss it here. No one here did this.
These folk deserve a lot of praise.the graves they are tending to should never. Be forgotten.
Praise is always nice, but from experience I can assure you the people who clean veteran headstones seek nothing in return for the work they perform. Wonderful folks.
I really want to start doing this ❤❤!!
I'm 71 and retired looking for a purpose to my life.
My daddy and grandpa served in the military and this would be a way to honor what they did.
Thank you for this video and inspiring me !!! 🇺🇸🇺🇸
You're welcome Laura. Cleaning veteran headstones and grave markers is certainly rewarding. Register as a Volunteer at VeteranGraves.com
I'm not an American but I watched this video to the end, and I have come to the conclusion that you're an honorable man. Thank you for making this video.
I’m with you Yann Kitson. Respect good Sir.
Thank you for the reverence with which you carried out the cleaning. I lost a Great Uncle at the Somme in 1916. His remains were never found. He has no headstone but is honoured on a memorial in France.
Huge respect for this man and honoring the dead .
I'm really touched. So many of these soldiers may not have a family anymore to come to look after them, and you're taking the time to make sure they look their best. As a Genealogist, I think about this as I research family lines that went back overseas during the Revolutionary War, or left the state, or never had children, or even those who never knew the names of their ancestors. This is our touchstone to our history. Thank you so much for all you do. I recently found my 5 times great Grandmother's resting place two hours from where I live (I didn't grow up in the area) and the photos of her stone broke my heart. I think I"m going to get some D2 and pay her a visit this summer.
I'm so glad you found your 5th Great Grandmother's grave! She will give smiles from heaven when you clean her headstone.
Thank-you It was wonderful to hear what you had to say.This man died not just for America,but for the world.To stem the flow of man's short sighted evil.May he rest in peace.
I really appreciate what you did for this veteran. Wish more people would do this. Thank you, from a retired Navy man.
Thank you for honoring our veterans. 🇺🇸🇺🇸 God Bless you and God Bless America!
Thank you for caring for our allies, our cousins and our brothers. We must never forget. 🇺🇸 🇬🇧 🇺🇸 🇬🇧 🇺🇸
Good morning Anthony. Where are you located? I see the Union Jack.
@@honoryourdna8897 I now live on the Nottinghamshire/Derbyshire border in the United Kingdom. My life though has been between the Republic of Ireland and British Hong Kong (before the 1997 handover). I'm an Army brat through and through!
@@empiretocommonwealth My ancestors come mostly from England, Ireland, Scotland, and Wales. They arrived in America as early as 1631. I'm looking forward to visiting Great Britain after the pandemic to experience where I come from. My grandfather prepared for the Invasion of Normandy there, and came back across the English Channel to heal from his battle wounds. A second time he crossed the channel, back to the front line, and was in the up close and personal fighting all the way to final victory. I had no idea I was Irish until I built my family tree. I love studying the history!
@@honoryourdna8897 First known family member was my Great-grandfather who fought and died in 1914-1917, falling at the battle of Langemarck. My Grandfather had reserved occupation who spent the night under the train he drove the night Coventry was bombed by the Nazis. My father came in at the very end of WW2. He then moved to SE Asia for the Malay Crisis. Since then 2 nephews and a cousin have served, the latter on submarines.
@@empiretocommonwealth one of my favorite stories is that of the evacuation from Dunkirk. I think it is one of the greatest events in human history. Maybe my veteran headstone cleaning mission is to bring out of us the kind of hearts that beat in the chests of those people who crossed the English Channel in anything that would float to bring their boys home.
As a family genealogist I have visited and cleaned many headstones with just a soft rag and plain water (never city tap water) free of chemicals and purifiers. Looking forward to getting D2!
God bless you for caring so much about the forgotten. You respected and cleaned this gentleman’s gravestone like it was your father’s. ❤
I'm a member of NSDAR and this video both encourages and inspires me to know that there are still people out there who not only love history, but have a deep and abiding respect for those who sacrificed their lives and fortunes for our safety. Thank you, Sir!
Great video! Another useful tool in my headstone-cleaning bucket is a thin plastic spatula or pancake turner. A headstone covered in moss can be cleaned well by saturating the moss with water and then using the plastic spatula to gently scrape under it and the moss will come off in sheets.
You did an amazing job by cleaning and honouring those vets who have past.
I really hope they’re watching you ❤ Smiling and appreciating your work ❤
You are good person. As an Englishman I would like to give my thanks to all servicemen and servicewomen of the USA armed forces. In the UK the First World War and the Second World War are remembered equally. My grandfather fought in the First World War and was injured. He was treated by American medical staff in France. He was extremely grateful for the care given to him. He also said he was given some chocolate. It may seem a trivial thing but for him it was like a piece of heaven. Keep up the good work. 🇺🇸🇺🇸🏴🇬🇧
I think it's wonderful how the people of England, France, and other allied countries still honor USA armed forces from WWI and WWII.
Hey Trae, all my respect for your work! I'm a Viet Nam vet and at this stage of my live seem to be spending a lot of time at the National Cemetery in Dallas, atending fellow vets funerals. Nice to know that there are people taking care of the head stones. Thank you again!
Thank you for serving our country during the Vietnam War!
Thank you for your service! My dad was also a Vietnam vet, 101st Airborne. 🇺🇸
True respect demonstrated here! I hope others follow your inspiration. I’m in England and will look to see if any of my local church gravestones require such love and attention. God bless x
God bless you too Zoe Dodge. I appreciate you joining our cause to clean every veteran headstone by Memorial Day. This of course includes our brothers and sisters in England!
Thank you for your reply. I’m inspired by this cause and will visit my local church yards bucker in hand! God bless you and all you do
@@zoedodge4137 did you find any of this cleaning product in the UK??
You give dignity and respect a whole new meaning. Ty for your service to those who have gone on before us. It's nice that you're doing this for our veterans, God bless you Sir. Keep up the good work.
Thank you for keeping our peoples history alive and healthy as it’s a battle in this day and age.
It sure is a battle these days.
Thank you from France. We live in a free world these veterans paid the price for us .How can i purchase the D2 biological product ? Merci beaucoup From Grenoble France.
We haven't forgotten that France helped us win our independence! My grandfather returned the favor when he stepped off the landing craft at Normandy. I'm not sure where you can purchase D/2 Biological Solution in France, so visit the manufacturer's website at D2bio.com. They sell the product through distributors, so maybe they have a distributor in France. I'm sure they will assist you. I spoke with a woman cleaning veteran headstones at one of my events. I recognized her French accent. She said she was from Normandy and her grandfather had been killed in action during World War I. We all have a personal connection to military veterans. My great uncle was killed in action during the Battle of the Atlantic. He went down with his ship, his body never recovered, but his name is etched on the wall at Cambridge American Cemetery and Memorial in England. I requested a photo of his name. They fill the etched names with sand from the beaches of Normandy before taking the photos. This is an example of the measures we must take to honor our military heroes. The least we can do is clean their headstones. Thank you for joining this cause in France. I am grateful.
@@honoryourdna8897 I am sure a similar product is used in France and Belgium. There are lots of graveyards absolutely full of row upon row of gleaming white headstones for the young who died during WW1. i have ancestors spread across the globe and i am wanting to ist New Zeland where my dads mother is resting. Her grave is very neglected and needs repair to the monument but the politicos here and New Zealand have decided that we must buckle under to the grand mal. So,no overseas travel for me in the near future. BTW, My Grandmother,her mother and a sister and brother who died as Children from TB are all in the same cemetery but it has been made into a protected site and nothing much can be done to their graves without permission from the local city council...
@@Mercmad I'm looking forward to traveling soon myself. My ancestors came to America from England, Ireland, Scotland, Wales, Germany, and Austria between 1631 and 1750, prior to the Revolutionary War. So if I can find my ancestors buried in Europe, their headstones will be 250-400 years old. Getting permission is the first step before cleaning headstones, or anything else in a cemetery. Do No Harm is the motto for preservationists, so a good cemetery steward will say NO until they are comfortable you will Do No Harm. Never use bleach or any cleaner harsh to natural stone, because they destroy the stone over time. The safe cleaners that do no harm contain active ingredients known as Quaternary Ammonium Compounds "QUATS".
@@Mercmad I pray your quest is granted soon, and the "grandmal" is vanquished soon! As the Lord Jesus will be coming back soon one way or another I will see my loved ones soon!
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I’m Canadian and I have great respect for those who stand up and be responsible, teach by example, you are doing a wonderful thing here and I thank you.
As with many other countries there are many Canadians who have made the ultimate sacrifice in the name of freedom- many people have paid the price and there is no amount of payback that we can give that is to much for these people and their families
I just started cleaning people's headstones without permission. It felt good.
You should get permission, it's a trend on tiktok to spray graffiti or destroy tombstones, so try to prove you arent one of them
Thank you for honoring our vets, your an inspiration, I want to start doing this
Thank you for taking care of our fall service men and women’s final resting place!
Amen to that man for what he did for the United States and of our country
Lost my dad in Vietnam, I was 6 mo old. I thank you from the bottom of my heart!
You were part of God's plan when He asked me to do this three years ago. In God's time we will have a volunteer assigned to each and every veteran's grave to provide respectful care in perpetuity.
Absolute respect for you sir! We need more people like you these days. Many forget or just don't care about the importance of what these men did for us all and continue to do.
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I am the chaplain for a large veteran non-profit in Wyandotte Michigan. This information will help us as we prepare to clean headstones at various locations. Thank you so much for what you do, and the honor and respect in which you do it. (slow salute)
You have such a good heart my man god bless you
Man! This was just as satisfying in 2024. Thank you sir!
A lovely caring gesture in honour of a truly selfless patriot who laid down his life for his country. God bless you Sir.
Thank you sir for this fine tutorial on the proper way to clean marble headstones. This was very instructive on the restoration and preservation of our ancestor's grave stones. No bleach, and no metal brushes! You must be in Florida to be wearing shorts on a November morning.
I when to see my friend at the National cemetery in Dixon California and my wife and my self we were talking about how to clean the headstone and I found this video, thank you.
You're welcome! Thank you for the comment. While attempting to gain permission from a city to clean African American veteran headstones in their historically segregated cemeteries, I discovered one of the main reasons why veteran headstones are covered in disgraceful biological scum is because people don't know how to clean headstones properly. It's really easy once you know what to use and what to do. Do no harm is the most important thing to remember!
I appreciate you helping us with our mission to clean every veteran headstone by Memorial Day.
Thank You, for your volunteering to restore the headstones of our, heroes. 🇺🇸
There are a lot of people who will clean a veteran headstone if they simply knew there was a problem in the first place.
@@honoryourdna8897 I have been cleaning a family headstone for a few years that had their lost Son, brother and uncle and acknowledged. He died in WWII on the disabled Submarine, USS Sculpin. I make sure the headstone has a flag for Memorial Day, and a wreath for Winter. I even contacted the state military cemetery, and finally located a family member. I do not know if he has a memory headstone now in a National cemetery, or state. His only memorial was in Manila. There was a joint effort from the cemetery and myself. It was now up to the nephew to take the reigns.
I lost contact with the nephew last year, and have had many time dragging challenges of my own. But the wreath should be up now on the family’s, and I will check on it when I go back to the city. I cleaned that headstone up from solid lichen and mold. So in ending-
In Honor and Memory of Lt. Commander Nelson John Allen, whom died at sea in the Service of his country. 11/16/1943
What a lovely thing to do for the people who gave us our freedom. Im from the UK and I feel its important to never forget. Hats off to this gentleman 🇬🇧🤝🇺🇸
Great job! My husband served 2 tours in iraq, the first tour was 18 months and the 2nd was a year I spent it in Fairbanks Alaska and it was very hard being without our soldiers. Some didn't come back and to this day our children know more about our veterans than anything else. I want our veterans to know we love them and thank them all.
Thank you sir, for rendering the deserved respect our American veterans earned and deserve.
Thank you Albert Alexander Thigpen Sr for your service. I know of one young man in my family tree, from Scotland who went to war at 16 and died in those WWI trenches.
Millions of beautiful young men died in those trenches. Not all of us have forgotten. God bless your family member for his sacrifice.
It's amazing this popped up in my recommended feed this morning.
I had just finished up a trip to northeast Texas to help my brother (USMC) at the VFW Post he is a member of. I helped them with networking and other issues in the building so they could continue their operation. It was a real joy and honor to help them and my brother. It was good quality time spent with my brother too.
Seeing how to properly clean marble headstones has given me something else to do to honor our veterans with.
Thank you, Honor Your DNA.
You're welcome. And thank you for taking the time and making the effort to help your brother and his other brothers.
Thank you Trey for sharing your knowledge on how to properly and safely clean headstones - what a transformation! And thank you for the respect and gratitude you show for our American Veterans.
I found this grave on Find A Grave - and the finished project looked just like a new memorial.
I am from Brazil and I was deeply moved by the affection and respect you dedicate to the headstone of this war hero. A great nation is made by a great people and that is what you are. Congratulations.
Brazilian as well 👍
Amazing. From a fellow patriot over the pond in England thank you. Shall use this on my Grandparents head stones, one of which served throughout WW2.
Many thanks.
Many of us here in the U.S. got our DNA from English ancestors!
Thank you for doing all you do for our service members. I’ve got a few I need to clean also. Keep up the good work. Blessings to you.
Thank you Tammy! Blessings to you as well. I appreciate you being a part of our movement to Honor Your DNA.
Thank you for your service to our late veterans! It is a very kind act to continue to maintain and clean their permanent grave markers. It preserves their heritage and their service. God bless you!
For those who love our country... WE SALUTE YOU!
very good work . where would we be , without our service women and men ? GOD BLESS AMERICA . ~ JDS/CT
Unfortunately the cost of freedom is forgotten in three generations. It is vitally important that we raise awareness among the masses who have no idea about the sacrifices made by our veterans of the past.
This is a fantastic video! I am learning how to clean headstones. Thank you!
Thank you Marisa!
Thank you for your love of this fallen Vet.
That’s awesome! He may not have any family members still living that remember him. You just gave his grave a full respectful makeover. ❤️💙🇺🇸
Trae, I truly appreciate your videos. As a veteran myself, I want to thank you for taking initiative and putting a bunch of great videos together and showing what you are doing. This is a tremendous service to these honorable men. They deserve it. Thank you for taking the time to walk me through the process of cleaning. Thank you for your selfless service.
Tongue suppressor . . . 😏😂😂
BTW, I’ll be purchasing some D2.
We spend each Memorial Day decorating family headstones, many of whom were veterans. 😘 🇺🇸
Trae, when I searched for D2, it is sold on eBay and Amazon since you originally made this video, among other places. And I did see your other video with Wet and Forget, I think I'll spray down my father's headstone (non-veteran) the next time I am in town to visit him. His stone was never sealed/polished so crud just grabs onto it. Thanks for the info, definitely saving the video for future use!
You made a good observation when you noticed your father's never sealed/polished stone gets crud on it. I've seen this on granite stones where the polished faces are perfect, while the rough edges are covered in black algae. Thanks for the feedback about D/2 being sold on eBay and Amazon! These cleaning products do an amazing job without having to scrub, so just wet it and walk away using either D/2 or WET & FORGET.
@@honoryourdna8897 Trae, Mom wants to do one better - get it sealed if possible - lol
I love the Honor and respect you give to our veterans. I have often thought of cleaning dirty headstones and I am so grateful I ran across your channel. I love to clean dirty things just for the satisfaction. I am a janitor at a school and I do totally love my job! I have notes taped to my office and janitor doors from kids, teachers, and whole classrooms. Those hand written notes and letters, (yes, whole written pages) and hand drawn pictures make it worth every minute of satisfaction!!! ❤️❤️❤️my students! You see, you never know who is watching you and that is why you should always do your best. Thank you for sharing your hard work. I appreciate you! 🇺🇸🇺🇸🎖
Thank you for introducing us to courageous Elbert and for providing a video that teaches how to clean a headstone and much more. Well done, Sir.
I’m in. I will start immediately. Big time genealogy guy. Time to do my part.
Thank you David Winiger. I believe like-minded patriotic Americans will rally to this cause and leave no veteran headstones covered in grime come sunrise on Memorial Day.
Same. Gonna go buy the solution and materials then get started. Saw a few people making these kind of videos and really inspired me to help out. Love the message and purpose of doing this for our lost loved ones
Great, I wish more work were done to keep the history and gravestones at cemeteries looking nice.
I agree. I've visited many cemeteries around the United States and really enjoy learning about history from the headstones and monuments.
I visited my paternal grandfathers grave today and noticed his headstone needs to be cleaned. He’s a WWIi veteran. Had no idea what to use to clean it safely. Asked an ancestry related group I follow and they all recommended D2. Aside from the suggestion of what to use I didn’t know what to do with it once I get some and also what else to use along with the D2. Your video was very informative. Thank you!
God bless you for taking care of veterans headstones local to you.
God Bless you. These men so deserve to be respected. Thank You 🙏🙏🇺🇸🇺🇸
Beautiful! Thank you for doing this and educating the rest of us!
OUTSTANDING !!
Thank you for being the man you are. This is something I’m going to look into.
I will be looking up your website. Thank you sincerely 🙏🏼
You're welcome James. Thank you for joining us to honor our veteran heroes with respectfully clean headstones and grave markers.
I enjoy cleaning veterans headstones so much I watch your videos often multiple times. I have a hard time not cleaning others that need help to turn white. If I could afford it I'd buy a 55 gallon drum of D2
I know how you feel. I want to clean them all! I cleaned several this week while filming my next video. I wanted to clean more, but the sweat was dripping off of me faster than I could guzzle waters from the cooler. I look forward to getting back soon and cleaning more of the dirty ones I saw while walking the cemeteries.
so nice to see that American people value veterans and the freedom that the veterans gave to them by giving up their lives