In what can only be described as infuriating, several Veterans memorials have been heavily desecrated across America in what looks like a coordinated attack. Memorials were attacked in Los Angeles, Kentucky and Virginia.
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This is particularly shocking considering we are celebrating Memorial Day to honor all the men and women who have given their lives to protect our freedoms and our great nation. If you see anyone desecrating a Veteran’s memorial you know what to do.
In LA a big cleanup is underway and parts of the community seem to be rallying around cleaning up the memorial.
And here is a picture of the vandalism in Kentucky.
The Honolulu Star Advertiser gives good background on the details.
A Vietnam War memorial in the Venice area of Los Angeles has been extensively defaced by graffiti. The vandalism occurred sometime during the past week, KCAL/KCBS-TV reported. The homespun memorial painted on a block-long wall on Pacific Avenue lists the names of American service members missing in action or otherwise unaccounted for in Southeast Asia.
News of the vandalism came as another veterans-related memorial was reported damaged in Henderson, Kentucky. Police say a Memorial Day cross display there that honors the names of 5,000 veterans of conflicts dating back to the Revolutionary War has been damaged by a driver who plowed through the crosses early Saturday.
In Virginia, the Petersburg National Battlefield has apparently has been looted, the National Park Service said. Numerous excavations were found at the Civil War battlefield last week, Jeffrey Olson, and agency spokesman, said in a news release Friday. Petersburg National Battlefield is a 2,700-acre park marks where more than 1,000 Union and Confederate soldiers died fighting during the Siege of Petersburg 151 years ago.
In Los Angeles’ Venice neighborhood, the wall for missing veterans has been tagged previously, but the latest vandalism covers the bottom half of the memorial for much of its length.
To George Francisco, vice president of the Venice Chamber of Commerce, it’s not just graffiti. “It’s a desecration. I mean it’s very simple. There’s no sort of other way around it, said Francisco, who also runs a nonprofit called Veterans Foundation Inc.
“I’ve known the sacrifices these people made in an incredibly unpopular war. So to continue the mistreatment of Vietnam veterans is somewhat shocking, somewhat shocking and quite sad,” Francisco said.
