Hurricane Sally Damage Gets Repaired at Florida Cemetery By Jake Newby | May 3, 2021
PENSACOLA, Fla. (AP) By the end of the day Monday, 37 tombstones and historical markers at downtown Pensacola’s St. Michael’s Cemetery were repaired and restored after sustaining varying amounts of damage during Hurricane Sally in September.
Monday marked a significant day in a restoration project that began in March and won’t conclude for some time. As Escambia County’s 200th anniversary approaches, University of West Florida historical archaeologist Margo Stringfield said the timing to fix some of the city’s oldest, most historic markers was apt.
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By JAKE NEWBY and Pensacola News Journal - Associated Press - Saturday, May 1, 2021
PENSACOLA, Fla. (AP) - By the end of the day Monday, 37 tombstones and historical markers at downtown Pensacola’s St. Michael’s Cemetery were repaired and restored after sustaining varying amounts of damage during Hurricane Sally in September.
Monday marked a significant day in a restoration project that began in March and won’t conclude for some time. As Escambia County’s 200th anniversary approaches, University of West Florida historical archaeologist Margo Stringfield said the timing to fix some of the city’s oldest, most historic markers was apt.
How $70,000 worth of Hurricane Sally damage is getting repaired at St. Michael s Cemetery Jake Newby, Pensacola News Journal
By the end of the day Monday, 37 tombstones and historical markers at downtown Pensacola s St. Michael s Cemetery were repaired and restored after sustaining varying amounts of damage during Hurricane Sally in September.
Monday marked a significant day in a restoration project that began in March and won t conclude for some time. As Escambia County s 200th anniversary approaches, University of West Florida historical archaeologist Margo Stringfield said the timing to fix some of the city s oldest, most historic markers was apt. The total amount of damage down here, I would say was in the vicinity of around $70,000, she said Monday morning, surrounded by contracted preservation specialists and fellow UWF assessors. The wind did most of the work. We did not have any big tree falls, but we did have big limbs fall.