Headstones cleaned by the Buntin-Rumford-Webster Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution and reset by the city cemetery staff earlier this month are illuminated by the sunlight at Old Fort Cemetery in Concord on Friday, Oct. 20, 2017. (ELIZABETH FRANTZ / Monitor staff)
Headstones cleaned by the Buntin-Rumford-Webster Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution and reset by the city cemetery staff earlier this month are illuminated by the sunlight at Old Fort Cemetery in Concord on Friday, Oct. 20, 2017. (ELIZABETH FRANTZ / Monitor staff) Credit: Elizabeth Frantz—Monitor staff

For three years now, the Buntin-Rumford-Webster Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution have been restoring headstones and helping with upkeep of the Old Fort Cemetery on Shawmut Street in Concord. On Friday, members cleaned another six stones with help from cemetery employees. “It’s joyful to be able to read a stone you couldn’t read before,” said Kay Sternenberg, Vice Regent of the Chapter and Chair of the Old Fort Cemetery Committee. The property, formerly known as “The Fort Burying Ground,” was established in 1775 and is the final resting place of many Revolutionary veterans including familiar Concord names such as Eastman and Kimball. For more photos and video visit concordmonitor.com.