Veteran Headstone Cleaning Presentation County Commissioners

Trae Zipperer founder of By Memorial Day traveled to Flemington, NJ in Hunterdon County to give a veteran headstone cleaning presentation to County Commissioners Susan Soloway and Zach Rich along with county staff and patriotic citizens at Prospect Hill Cemetery. Trae chose the grave site of WWII Marine PFC Walter J. Barker, 1st Marines, 1st Marine Division, to educate those in attendance about the significance of honoring our veteran heroes of the past with clean headstones. PFC Walter J. Barker was Killed In Action September 15, 1944 at the Battle of Peleliu during the first day amphibious assault of the Pacific island held by the Japanese.

Hunterdon County was the first municipality in the United States to invite Trae Zipperer to help them implement a program to clean every veteran headstone by Memorial Day. County Commissioner Susan Soloway was the first government leader in the nation to take the initiative to honor veterans with clean grave markers after watching Trae Zipperer on ABC’s LIVE with Kelly and Ryan national tv show.

In this video, Trae Zipperer explains the tools and supplies he uses to properly clean government-furnished veteran headstones and grave markers following the best practices headstone cleaning protocol issued by the National Cemetery Administration. The cleaning agent used was D/2 Biological Solution and brushes used were Magnolia Brushes with natural Tampico fiber bristles.