Families who stopped by the Louisburg Cemetery on Memorial Day, to pay respects to loved ones, may have noticed some improvements to the grounds. Several headstones were cleaned and litter was picked up, all thanks to Louisburg teen, Andrew Aye and his fellow members of Troop 483 out of Stilwell.
Aye, a junior at St. James Academy, says he thought the cleanup effort would be a great Eagle Scout Project and, having it done before Memorial Day was a priority. After receiving approval from City Officials, eight scouts and seven adult volunteers, conducted a clean-up day at Louisburg Cemetery.
Working together, the scouts cleaned up 30 to 40 headstones and picked up trash throughout the cemetery. They used D/2 Biological Solution to make sure they didn’t damage the headstones. This is the same substance used to clean the Washington Monument. Aye says they weren’t able to repair headstones that were falling over; but, they reported them to the City.
He is now waiting for his project to be reviewed for approval so he can officially become an Eagle Scout.
