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The Rolla Daily News Rolla Parks and Recreation Department invites residents to a hands-on experience at Rolla Cemetery, where individuals will learn how to restore the cemetery s oldest tombstones. Join staff at the Rolla City Cemetery Saturday, April 17, at 9 a.m. as the Franklin County Cemetery Society returns to demonstrate how to repair ancient tombstones. In 2019, society members demonstrated how to properly clean marble, granite and other typical types of headstones. In 2020, society members demonstrated how to reset those stones that had fallen. This third workshop will focus on restoring the oldest stones in the cemetery, which date from the early 1800s. Society members will demonstrate some of the approved techniques for repairing those stones that have broken. ....