Plaque leads Brockton antique dealer on hunt for missing playground

"The man did not reveal his name. He simply walked into Campello Antiques in Brockton, handed a stained bronze plaque to owner Ron Bethoney and told him to do the right thing."

Click here to read story, from EnterpriseNews.com (Brockton, MA) 6/10/10

A neglected memorial

"It's time to remove Ottawa's saddest memorial to veterans of the Second World War, a modest bronze marker dedicated in 1995, on the fiftieth anniversary of victory, and steadily vandalized ever since."

Click here to read story, from Ottawa Citizen (Ottawa, Canada) 5/16/10

Pierce Transit to re-dedicate WWII plaque

"The memorial plaque was originally installed in October 1948 and was stolen in September 2007. The thieves sold it to a metal recycling business. The plaque was eventually identified and returned to Pierce Transit. The bronze plaque required extensive repair and is now ready to be reinstalled in its original location."

Click here to read story, from Tacoma Daily Indes (Tacoma, Wa) 5/13/10

War hero's ashes and plaque disappear

"THE family of a war hero who fought in both world wars are left devastated after his memorial at a park cemetery were removed by authorities."

Click here to read story, from Herald Sun(Melbourne City, Australia)5/23/10

Push on to replace battered police memorial

"Orange County's memorial to fallen law-enforcement officers has been scuffed and scratched, tagged and trampled. People have urinated on its bronze plaques. On Wednesday, someone smudged it with blood."

Click here to read story, from Orange County Register (Santa Ana, CA) 5/19/10

Dishonorable: Thieves make off with 35 bronze, aluminum veterans' plaques missing from causeway

"This mystery has left Muskegon police and veterans' officials baffled and a little sad.

In the last three weeks, 35 bronze or aluminum markers honoring Muskegon County military veterans have gone missing from the Veterans Memorial Trail at The Veterans Memorial Park, better known as the Causeway."

Click here to read story, from Muskegon News (Muskegon,MI) 5/8/10

Veterans Take Hill With Manchester WWII Park

"While many combat hardened veterans may or may not share their stories, and some may choose to quietly put their past behind them, a group of warriors -many in their 80s and 90s- still had one more hill to take."

Click here to read story, from DVIDS (FORT DIX, N.J.) 4/28/10

Vandals strike at grave of great Scottish naturalist

"After former Aberdeen University professor William MacGillivray died in 1852, his former students raised a memorial for him at his plot in the New Calton Burial Ground in Edinburgh."

Click here to read story,from The Press and Journal (Aberdeen, UK)4/27/10

95-year-old mystery of Digger’s plaque

The plaque went astray, but no one know how.

Click here to read the story, from The Manly Daily (Australia) 4/26/10