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PLEASE NOTE: I'm now consolidating bronze plaque & memorials information and stories on my new blog titled "Operation Rediscover," which is connected to my website walkermetalsmith.com. It is new and improved! Please visit.
Thursday, July 28, 2011
Operation Rediscover
I have been posting notices about bronze plaques and memorials on my new Facebook page "Operation Rediscover." It seems like a better venue for this. Operation Rediscover is also the title for my newest eBook action plan which seeks to encourage people to locate, care for and share information about bronze plaques and memorials. Actually, all monuments and memorials need the same attention. It is personally rewarding to become involved with this, helping to keep history alive.
Click here to go to the Facebook Operation Rediscover page.
Click here to read and/or download the Operation Rediscover action plan
Click here to go to the Facebook Operation Rediscover page.
Click here to read and/or download the Operation Rediscover action plan
Monday, August 30, 2010
Arrest over Derby war memorial plaques
August 7, 2010
UK--"The plaques contained the names of hundreds of railway workers who lost their lives in World War I.
UK--"The plaques contained the names of hundreds of railway workers who lost their lives in World War I.
The incident was reported to police on Wednesday morning and two plaques were recovered immediately and others were found later under a bush.
A 30-year-old man has been questioned by police and bailed pending further inquiries." original text
From the BBC, and by an unknown author.
Thieves steal bronze plaques from Derby war memorial
August 5, 2010
UK--"Thieves took the plaques, which contain the names of thousands of men who died in World War I, from a memorial close to Derby station.
From the BBC, and by an unknown author.
UK--"Thieves took the plaques, which contain the names of thousands of men who died in World War I, from a memorial close to Derby station.
It honours employees of the Midland Railway who enlisted and died in the war.
The memorial in Derby's Midland Road is Grade II-listed and was built in 1921..." read moreFrom the BBC, and by an unknown author.
War memorials deserve special protection
August 24, 2010
UK--"Few actions are calculated to cause greater offence than the desecration of a war memorial. The 'guard of dishonour' formed by Army veterans outside a courthouse for Wendy Lewis, who urinated on a memorial in Blackpool, was a fitting show of national disgust for her actions – such an exquisite humiliation that it should, one trusts, haunt the culprit for the rest of her life. Perhaps that is punishment enough. But should we go further and have a specific crime of defacing a war memorial that better reflects the strength of public revulsion and which carries a condign penalty?
David Burrowes, the Tory MP for Enfield Southgate, thinks we should. He has written to Cabinet ministers arguing that existing laws are insufficiently robust for this particular offence. If a war memorial is damaged, it receives no greater protection than any other edifice: the cost is assessed purely in financial terms, not for what the monument symbolises. Unless the bill for repairs exceeds £5,000, the maximum sentence that the magistrates court can hand down is three months in prison.
Mr Burrowes wants desecrating a war memorial to be a specific crime carrying a prison term of up to 10 years..." read more
From Telegraph.co.uk, and by Philip Johnston.
Coombe Hill Monument to be refurbished
July 29, 2010
UK--" Work has begun to bring a war memorial back to its former glory after the elements have taken their toll.
The monument at the top of Coombe Hill near Wendover remembers Buckinghamshire soldiers who fought in the South African Boer War from 1899 to 1902..." read more
UK--" Work has begun to bring a war memorial back to its former glory after the elements have taken their toll.
The monument at the top of Coombe Hill near Wendover remembers Buckinghamshire soldiers who fought in the South African Boer War from 1899 to 1902..." read more
From Bucks Free Press & Times Group, and by Rebecca Cain.
On-duty cop caught on video stealing from Pat's Cafe
July 29, 2010
Philadelphia, PA--"Pat's Cafe, a tiny corner bar in the Lower Northeast, is regarded as something of a sacred space by local residents and men and women in blue.
It is the place where Officer Gary Skerski, a beloved community-relations cop, lost his life when he interrupted an armed robbery on a warm spring night four years ago. An old wreath, a pair of decaying roses and a few small candles still mark the spot outside the bar, at Castor Avenue and Arrott Street, where Skerski was gunned down.
Imagine, then, how cops and locals felt yesterday when word spread that an on-duty police officer stole money from the bar's safe early Tuesday, law-enforcement sources said..." read more
From Philadelphia Daily News, and by David Gambacorta.
Philadelphia, PA--"Pat's Cafe, a tiny corner bar in the Lower Northeast, is regarded as something of a sacred space by local residents and men and women in blue.
It is the place where Officer Gary Skerski, a beloved community-relations cop, lost his life when he interrupted an armed robbery on a warm spring night four years ago. An old wreath, a pair of decaying roses and a few small candles still mark the spot outside the bar, at Castor Avenue and Arrott Street, where Skerski was gunned down.
Imagine, then, how cops and locals felt yesterday when word spread that an on-duty police officer stole money from the bar's safe early Tuesday, law-enforcement sources said..." read more
From Philadelphia Daily News, and by David Gambacorta.
Wednesday, July 28, 2010
The spirit lives on: WWI memorial plaque rediscovered by HASD employee
July 25, 2010
Hazleton, PA--"In 1919, Hazleton was a growing city with department stores lining West Broad Street, blacksmiths on Green Street and a bottling company on West Hemlock Street..." read more
From Standard Speaker, and by Sam Galski.
Hazleton, PA--"In 1919, Hazleton was a growing city with department stores lining West Broad Street, blacksmiths on Green Street and a bottling company on West Hemlock Street..." read more
From Standard Speaker, and by Sam Galski.
Reward to catch yobs in war memorial outrage
July 27, 2010
Manchester U.K.--"A reward of £4,500 has been offered to catch thieves who stole two bronze plaques from a war memorial.
Yobs wrenched the metal plates from the Angel memorial in Boggart Hole Clough, Blackley, two weeks ago.
They were inscribed with the names of 215 soldiers who gave their lives in the First World War..." read more
From Manchester Evening News, and by Pete Bainbridge.
Manchester U.K.--"A reward of £4,500 has been offered to catch thieves who stole two bronze plaques from a war memorial.
Yobs wrenched the metal plates from the Angel memorial in Boggart Hole Clough, Blackley, two weeks ago.
They were inscribed with the names of 215 soldiers who gave their lives in the First World War..." read more
From Manchester Evening News, and by Pete Bainbridge.
Thursday, July 22, 2010
Bronze plaques stolen from schools
July 21, 2010
"Thieves have stolen seven bronze plaques, some worth thousands of dollars, from two La Cañada Unified schools during the last three weeks, according to Los Angeles County sheriffs..." read more
From La Cañada Valley Sun, and by Megan O'Neil.
"Thieves have stolen seven bronze plaques, some worth thousands of dollars, from two La Cañada Unified schools during the last three weeks, according to Los Angeles County sheriffs..." read more
From La Cañada Valley Sun, and by Megan O'Neil.
Wednesday, July 21, 2010
Fury of WW1 hero's family over theft of memorial plaque bearing his name
July 20, 2010
"Pte Jim Ferrier, from north Manchester, was shot 10 times during an Allied surge on the Western Front in 1918 before he finally fell in battle aged 33.
His body was never brought home, and the memorial at Boggart Hole Clough stood as the only marker for his bravery before it was stolen.
Thieves chipped away at the sandstone monument and wrenched off two of the three bronze plaques..." read more
From the Manchester Evening News, and by Pete Bainbridge.
"Pte Jim Ferrier, from north Manchester, was shot 10 times during an Allied surge on the Western Front in 1918 before he finally fell in battle aged 33.
His body was never brought home, and the memorial at Boggart Hole Clough stood as the only marker for his bravery before it was stolen.
Thieves chipped away at the sandstone monument and wrenched off two of the three bronze plaques..." read more
From the Manchester Evening News, and by Pete Bainbridge.
Monday, June 21, 2010
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
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
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
Click here to read story, from Tacoma Daily Indes (Tacoma, Wa) 5/13/10
Sunday, June 6, 2010
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
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
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
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
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
Click here to read story,from The Press and Journal (Aberdeen, UK)4/27/10
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