![Tammi, manager since 1997. “It’s a sacred place… Our mission is to take care of the deceased and their families. I’m on the [Maryland Cemetery and Cremation Association] board and Green Mount was looking for a new manager. So they asked if I’d be interested. When I came for my interview, I told them I could not work under [these] conditions. So I’ve been fixing this place ever since. Shawn and I are both fixers, we like to fix things.”](http://www.thebaltimorebanner.com/resizer/v2/7KQKBVGS7RHTPIYZZA6R2QYEZA.jpg?auth=00e7b87bac787167b53a969a1fc059438b6bf0137f7650ea38daafc626869f80&quality=85&width=1024&smart=true)
![“The cemetery opened in 1838. “So we get a lot of people [who] want to know about their ancestors that were buried here. We’re trying to put together a decent database so that we can help them. Now we think [Green Mount is] in great shape. We take a lot of pride in that… This place is our legacy. We have more tourists here than families for burials, which is different from the cemetery I came from. When I left, [they] were doing 600 burials a year. Here we do maybe 15 a year. It’s great because we meet people from all over the world… the stories that they tell you!”](http://www.thebaltimorebanner.com/resizer/v2/4MXVEQYEIBGVXJBUEN7A5EPYUI.jpg?auth=87899527e7a0e38759a7e033dcb98ab8705d8f5cbda12ff6c183f79d67468674&quality=85&width=1024&smart=true)
![Shawn, superintendent since 2007. “I’m a farmer by trade. I have mechanic experience through the Navy, which [also] plays in here pretty good. It takes you a while to learn all the intricacies of repairing the headstones… you can destroy things, thinking you’re repairing [them, if you] use the wrong hardware products. We’ve straightened up 600 headstones. You don’t see headstones lying down or tilted or whatever… We both like things nice.”](http://www.thebaltimorebanner.com/resizer/v2/QBEZQRO5ZJD6PCSHXEFUAU3A3M.jpg?auth=02068565a2b6aedb97f087e60ff1cd8405f02702fecac33a5788bdaf5b6eca11&quality=85&width=1024&smart=true)
![“I like seeing that something’s accomplished at the end of the day. You know, a wall reappointed, a mausoleum cleaned up, a new door on it, painting something... Trying to preserve the history with a lot of these people is important. I [try] to I feel like I’ve learned about somebody that I never would have known nothing about and use that as a, you know, a rewarding experience…”](http://www.thebaltimorebanner.com/resizer/v2/NUQ2PJZO5FHQRG2KA4LDNBKRAA.jpg?auth=b8b246c0c43cdc2713d99ecba6e58934567f338ccc31bd4a9613ef10ce57f123&quality=85&width=1024&smart=true)
Gloria Mondo is an illustration student at Maryland Institute College of Art. To see more of her work visit her website or find her on Instagram @gloebugg.
Gloria Mondo is an illustration student at Maryland Institute College of Art. To see more of her work visit her website or find her on Instagram @gloebugg.
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