Vandals tipped over 106 headstones at Longmont’s Mountain View cemetery on Saturday and knocked a granite Civil War memorial statue from its base, broke it into pieces and stole its head. Tracey George, who manages the cemetery for the nonprofit board that runs it, said it appears at least two vandals have struck the cemetery [...]
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Vandals damage Civil War memorial statue, 106 headstones in Longmont’s Mountain View cemetery
August 13th, 2013 
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Lincoln Memorial vandalised, temporarily shut
July 26th, 2013 javal The Lincoln Memorial, an iconic landmark in the US capital, was vandalised today, forcing authorities to shut down the popular tourist attraction until it was cleaned up. The Lincoln Memorial was vandalised and will remain closed until it is cleaned up, US Park Police Capt. Steven Booker said Read Entire Article
Vandal targets headstones in Civil War cemetery
July 17th, 2013 javal The destruction of gravestones in the old Newtonia Civil War Cemetery has left local history buffs and law enforcement about equal parts perplexed and angry. Someone broke a dozen headstones dating back to the late 1800s in the cemetery north of Newtonia sometime late last week. Read Entire Article
Gettysburg anniversary increases demand for stolen Civil War relics
July 5th, 2013 javal With 250,000 visitors expected to converge on the Gettysburg battlefields this week, historians and antiquarians say the 150th anniversary of the clash that defined the U.S. Civil War has prompted an increased interest in Civil War relics - and an apparent uptick in the thefts and faking of conflict memorabilia. While there are no national [...]
Trash dumped on Civil War gravesites in Chesterfield
June 20th, 2013 javal On most days at Matoaca Cemetery Kathy Powers, with her 10-year old “Baby” the beagle in tow, relishes her quiet strolls through the heavily wooded area that is nestled in a quiet neighborhood; but what she stumbled upon Tuesday shattered her sense of serenity. “I can’t believe what I’m seeing. I just can’t believe it,” [...]
Stolen Civil War-era sword to be returned to Brown University
June 18th, 2013 javal A Brown University spokesman says a Virginia antiques collector has turned over a Civil War-era sword that was stolen from the Ivy League school in the 1970s. Last week, a federal judge in Virginia ordered Williamsburg collector Donald Tharpe to surrender the Tiffany silver sword to Brown. Tharpe bought it for $35,000 in 1992 after [...]
Second suspect in Civil War theft case charged
March 8th, 2013 javal Police charged a second man this week in the alleged 2011 theft of $20,000 in jewelry and Civil War-era relics from a Roaring Spring home. Police accuse Kevin Scott Anderson, 21, of Everett and his cousin, Christopher K. Anderson, in an alleged conspiracy to steal antiques and valuables from their aunt and uncle’s house. Charges [...]
Canonsburg store owner ‘confused’ by charges of Civil War memorabilia theft
February 21st, 2013 javal A second-hand store owner accused of pillaging $1 million in Civil War artifacts said Wednesday he believes he will be exonerated. “I want to talk, trust me,” John Irwin Moeller, 46, of North Strabane said Wednesday, when his preliminary hearing continued until Feb. 26. “It all has me a bit confused myself. Read Entire article