Slain Utah game warden honored 95 years later

"SALT LAKE CITY — Nearly a century after he was gunned down, buried in an unmarked grave and forgotten, Utah's first game warden killed in the line of duty has been recognized with a memorial service and a niche in state history."

Click here to read story by By Mike Stark AP)10/15/09.

Thieves steal plaques commemorating war dead

"The two bronze plaques were among four commemorating the lives of 90 servicemen and were installed at the base of a monument at St Oswald's Church, in Church Street, Durham."

Click here to read story from Sunderland Echo (Sunderland, UK) 10/13/09.

Survivors laud Czech action against Holocaust memorial vandals

"The American Gathering of Jewish Holocaust Survivors and Their Descendants commended the Czech government on Monday night for the stiff penalties handed out to Miroslave Dano, Libor Mirga and Petr Hricko for vandalizing the Holocaust Memorial at Terezin."

Click here to read story from Jerusalem Post (Jerusalem, Israel) 10/13/09.

Thieves steal tribute to WW I heroes

"The two plaques were among four on the base of the memorial at St Oswald's Church, Church Street, Durham City, that contain the names of 90 servicemen who fell."

Click here to read story from The Northern Echo (Darlington County, Durham UK)
10/12/09.

Veterans statue vandalized in Midway

"In the dead of night in late September, a vandal crept up Memorial Hill in Midway and used a battery-powered saw to destroy a veterans' memorial statue."

Click here to read story by By Rebecca Palmer Deseret News (Salt Lake City, UT) 10/9/09










By Rebecca Palmer

Deseret News

War memorial plaques ready by Remembrance Sunday

A WAR memorial is having a makeover – to save it from thieves and vandals.

Click here to read story from Huddersfield Examiner (Huddersfield, UK) 10/6/09.

Brenner's Time-Honored Lincoln

"An image of Lincoln nearly identical to the one on the cent first appeared on a bronze plaque Brenner created in 1907."

If you see coins as miniature plaques or memorials, then this story of the relation between a bronze plaque and its creator to a coin should be interesting.

Click here to read the whole story by Tom LaMarre, Coins Magazine
from NumisMaster.com 10/01, 2009.