Cranston Historical Society: Cranston Historic Cemetery Commission & special guest speaker, hand stone carver Karin Sprague

    CRANSTON HISTORICAL SOCIETY INVITES YOU TO ATTEND THEIR OPEN MAY 15 MEETING AT 7PM, at the GOVERNOR SPRAGUE MANSION Museum.   A SPECIAL EVENT HOSTED BY THE CRANSTON HISTORIC CEMETERY COMMISSION -- Members will present an informative talk about CHCC and share their mission and projects at HISTORIC CEMETERIES IN CRANSTON.     Guest speaker:  Karin Sprague, RI Stone Carver -- The Art of Remembering.   Karin Sprague and her talented team compassionately design and hand carve   monuments for families. Her work is in cemeteries across the United States & Ireland.      Ms. Sprague is a mother of three and lives in a stone cottage surrounded by beautiful gardens in Scituate RI. Her studio is tucked into the woods close by. Karin Sprague Stone Carvers,   Inc. is one of a dozen remaining stone carvers in the U.S., continuing in the rich  tradition of memorial and gravestone carvings by hand. Their works include tombstones, sculptures, monuments, memorials, celebration stones – carving meaningful designs of  remembrance, working from hand drawn letters, symbols and sculptures using time-honored tools of various mallets and chisels.