Compatriots,

I'm amazed at how much we accomplished today.

With eight volunteers for six hours, we just tore through one project after another. We did things which we hadn't even planned on yet, but were due to be completed.

Accomplished on the 1st floor:

Remove nails leftover from second layer of flooring.
Scrape pealing and cracked paint from ceiling and walls.
Remove nails and cleanup the basement stairwell.
Reopen all windows.
Remove old weights from windows.
Scrape paint from windows.
Remove unneeded hardware from windows.
Remove old unused lock from front door.

Accomplished in the basement:

Loaded old flooring into truck to haul away.
Removed old spacer boards from ceiling.
Load new beams into basement, which will be used later.
Brace up floor as needed.

The great volunteers for the day were:

Stephen Marshall
Stephen Shaw
Tim Jacobs
Harding Dies
Jim Klaneski
Bill Fredericks
And from the Coast Guard Academy
Cadet Lelea Littlefield
Cadet Sullivan

Everyone worked so hard.

The next stages are for Stephen Marshall to repair the posts and beams for the flooring structure and send out paint samples so we can determine the original colors. He will then put down the new flooring on the first floor.

Once that is done, then we will need volunteers to cleanup the walls and ceiling before the painting begins.

Patriotically,

Stephen P. Shaw