{"id":30565,"date":"2016-09-15T09:00:56","date_gmt":"2016-09-15T13:00:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/retrofitmagazine.com\/?p=30565"},"modified":"2016-09-11T17:39:34","modified_gmt":"2016-09-11T21:39:34","slug":"cathedral-stone-products-sponsors-youth-programs-historic-preservation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/retrofitmagazine.com\/cathedral-stone-products-sponsors-youth-programs-historic-preservation\/","title":{"rendered":"Cathedral Stone Products Sponsors Youth Programs in Historic Preservation"},"content":{"rendered":"

Historic preservation is the theme for new youth programs hosted at historic Woodlawn Cemetery<\/a> in the Bronx and sponsored in part by in-kind training from Cathedral Stone Products Inc.<\/a> <\/p>\n

\u201cOne program exposes high school students to the concepts of historic preservation, the other is helping to train the next generation of masons so they know how to restore historic buildings from the start\u2014and can get hired,\u201d says Mitch Rose, President and CEO of The Woodlawn Cemetery, a National Historic Landmark, and now in its 153th year. <\/p>\n

A collaboration between Woodlawn Conservancy, World Monuments Fund and the International Masonry Institute, The Woodlawn Cemetery Preservation Training Program includes:<\/p>\n