Thieves steal Sept. 11 memorial from McCormick Park in St. Helens

Thieves targeted a memorial for the victims of the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks, and, according to police, the plaque is likely headed for the scrap market.

Click here to read story, from Examiner.com (St. Helens, OR) 9/1/2009

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.

Click here to read the story (from the Ledger Independent, Maysville Kentucky 8/14/09)

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)

A new law, lower prices put big bite in metal thefts

"It wasn't long ago when the theft of copper and other semiprecious metals was so rampant that it seemed to be part of some post-apocalyptic world where scavengers roamed the streets." This especially affected thefts of bronze memorials. But this may be turning around.

Click here to read article from San Diego Union Tribune - San Diego,CA, (July 29, 2009.