War plaques 'stolen for bronze'

Bronze memorials to British soldiers killed in the world wars have been stolen in north London by thieves thought to have sold them for scrap. From BBC News 8/17/09.

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Missing plaque on Burrstone Road bridge

Bronze plaques are significant articles of our cultural heritage. Even small ones.

Click here to read the article from the Utica Observer Dispatch (Utica, NY 8/16/09)

Veterans memorial park completed

This is a classic story of why memorials are important and the thinking and work behind their creation and maintenance.

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Police look for missing veterans memorials

Police are looking for two 4-foot-by-5-foot bronze plaques inscribed with the names of Western North Carolina's war dead from Vietnam and Korea that went missing last year.

Click here to read article, from Asheville Citizen-Times (August 6, 2009) ASHEVILLE, NC —

Women tend to the graves of loved ones at Stamford cemetery

"Tending a grave takes a particular devotion, quiet and enduring, driven by love. So when someone started stealing the bronze flower vases that fit into grave markers at Fairfield Memorial Park, it was more than burglary to Wanda Hanson and Ann Ventsias. It was injury."

Click here to read full article from Stamford Advocate - Stamford,CT (July 31, 2009)