Friday, May 24, 2019

Dorchester Vietnam Veterans Memorial vandalized again


State Police investigators pulled flags out of the water that had been removed from near the Dorchester Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
State Police investigators pulled flags out of the water that had been removed from near the Dorchester Vietnam Veterans Memorial.(Barry Chin/Globe Staff)
The Dorchester Vietnam Veterans Memorial was defaced with a swastika and other graffiti Thursday, just one day after repairs to the monument were completed from when it was vandalized in October.
Several dozen recent plantings of shrubs and flowers were torn out of the ground and American flags were removed and thrown into water near the memorial located on land owned by the University of Massachusetts Boston.
The timing of the vandalism, after a long cleanup and ahead of the Memorial Day weekend, stunned local veterans and residents.
“It was just damaged in October, and we put all of this money into it. We fund-raised,” said Joseph Zinck, president of the Dorchester Vietnam Memorial Committee. “The renovations finished yesterday. And now, to have someone come out here and do this, I can’t fathom it. I can’t wrap my head around it right now.”

3 Comments:

At May 24, 2019 at 10:25 AM , Anonymous Anonymous said...

A travesty especially at this particular time. I hope they catch and prosecute the bastard(s)

 
At May 24, 2019 at 1:28 PM , Anonymous Anonymous said...

A sad testimony to the state of our current world

 
At May 24, 2019 at 3:05 PM , Anonymous Anonymous said...

Shameful

 

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