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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