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    The Buhne family mausoleum.
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    Kirby Nunn repairing an aged headstone.
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    A headstone awaiting repair.
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    Kirby Nunn and the other volunteers work out of this shed at the cemetery.
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    A damaged headstone.
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    Cleaning solution is applied to a headstone by Kirby Nunn.
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    An historic marker.
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    One of the cemetery’s 167 Civil War veterans.
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    The Myrtle Grove cemetery dates back to 1861.
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    An estimated 6,000 men, women and children at buried at Mrytle Grove.
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    A Vance memorial.
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    Caption
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    A statue on the Kimball memorial.
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    Many of the markers date back to the 1800s.
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    The Myrtle Grove cemetery covers 10 acres.
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    This marker’s obelisk fell in the January 2010 earthquake.
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    A historic marker.
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    The Vance family mausoleum.

Kimberly Wear is the assistant editor of the North Coast Journal.