<p>Smithtown resident and Long Island graveyard historian Rob von Bernewitz&nbsp;is leading a group of volunteers to clean up&nbsp;headstones at a small&nbsp;cemetery that dates back to the 1800s.</p>


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Volunteers clean headstones at Smithtown Cemetery from the 1800s

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Volunteers clean up centuries-old Smithtown Cemetery

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