Volunteers restore veteran headstones at Western Kentucky cemetery ahead of Memorial Day

CORYDON, Ky. (WFIE) – A Henderson man and a group of volunteers spent Saturday restoring headstones of 51 veterans buried at the United Brothers of Fellowship Cemetery near Corydon ahead of Memorial Day.

James Roll and a core group of volunteers cleaned, leveled and repaired veteran headstones that had been sinking, crumbling and covered in moss for years.

Roll said what started as a personal mission after finding a relative’s sinking headstone last year has grown into something larger…

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