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Archive of 2007 news articles

Click links below to read articles, listed chronologically.
(Note: these articles are not part of our web site, but they feature behind-the-scenes stories about bronze plaques and
memorials and illustrate why we should care about preserving them.
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--Bronze plaques are being stolen (Article from The Boston Globe).

--Cemetery raided, memorials stolen (Article from stuff.co.az Auckland New Zealand)

--WWII memorial plaque stolen (Article from Montreal Gazette)

--Rex Barber plaque stolen from viewpoint (Article from KTVZ.com)

--Thieves steal plaque honoring WWII hero

--Towamencin must step up to preserve memorial

--Mother pleads for help finding fallen soldier's plaque

--Stolen plaque resurrects painful memories Cape Cod Times  5/1/07

--WWI plaque returns home Church's memorial was found in thrift store 8 years ago The Detroit News 5/7/07

--Falmouth police find missing 9/11 plaque The Boston Globe 5/11/07

--War Memorial Damaged by Vandals WNEP News  5/14/07

--Library statue recovered Abington Mariner (Marshfield, MA) 5/17/07

--Reversing years of neglect at North Hills cemetery Pittsburgh Post-Gazette May 27, 2007

--Memorial plaque makes its way back to Waterford The Oakland Press (Pontiac, MI) May 28, 2007

--Eagle Scout projects leads to memorial for soldier Hickory Daily Record (Hickory, NC) May 29, 2007

--Stolen memorial replaced Lancashire Evening Post (UK), July 19, 2007

--Bronze Thieves Strip Sidewalks Pacific Daily News (Guam) July 19, 2007

--Taggers Destroy Special Vietnam Monument KRISTV.com, (Corpus Christi, TX) July 19, 2007

--Grave Disservice (neglected memorial of Canada's 14th prime minister) Ottawa Citizen (Ottawa, Canada) July 27, 2007

--Memorial plaques restored at the Ancaster Cenotaph Ancaster News (Ancaster, Ontario, Canada)
Aug. 10, 2007

--War Memorial vandalized one week before ceremony 680 News Radio (Toronto Canada) Aug. 12, 2007

--Scout restores St. William Peace Cross Cincinnati.com (Cincinnati, OH) Aug. 15, 2007

--Mystery of the ‘missing’ marker IndeOnline.com (Massillon, OH) Aug. 28, 2007

--Memorials stolen from cemetery Your Local Guardian (Highams Park, UK) Aug. 29, 2007

--Robbers prey on the dead Ilford Recorder (Essex, UK) Aug. 30, 2007

--Cemetery theft a problem around Middle Georgia Macon.com (Macon, GA) Aug. 31, 2007

--Monument honors fallen WWI heroes NorthJersey.com ( Hackensack, NY)

--Vandals deface Farmingdale monument Kennebec Journal (Augusta, ME) Sept. 5, 2007

--Schoolmarm memorial mystery solved Grand Traverse Herald (Traverse City, MI) Sept. 12, 2007

--Vandals at large Graffiti painters strike in Farmingdale Mainetoday.com (Augusta, ME)  Sept. 21, 2007

--Friends welcome Denver plaque The Herald (Monterey County, CA) Sept. 24, 2007

--Bronze Plaque Stolen From Mt. Davidson Cross In SF NBC11.com (San Francisco, CA) Sept. 28, 2007

--Heartless thieves steal 70 plaques from graves Northampton Chronical & Echo (Northampton,UK) Sept. 30, 2007

--Plaque honoring WWI dead now in War Memorial Rochester Democrat & Chronicle.com (Rochester, NY) Oct. 8, 2007

--Letter: Neglect of Shields memorial shameful Liveinporttownsend.com (Port Townsend, WA) Oct. 10, 2007

--Reward doubled to $2,000 for information on Schellenger memorial Cape Gazette.com (Delaware) Oct. 11, 2007

--Everson fundraisers vow to build military memorial Pittsburgh Tribune-Review (Everson, PA) Oct. 14, 2007

--Government of Canada Announces Funding for Cenotaph and Memorial Restoration Canada News Center (Chambly, QC) Oct. 25, 2007

--Stolen plaque replaced in St. Lambert The Gazette Canada.com Nov. 8, 2007

--In Honoring Veterans, Towns Still Catching Up Litchfield County Times (Litchfield, CT) Nov. 8,2007

--Soldiers Past and Present Remembered The Intelligencer Wheeling News-Register (Wheeling WV) Nov. 12, 2007

--WWII tablet is not forgotten East Hartford Gazette.com (East Hartford, CT) Nov. 16, 2007

--Manteca Child's memorial plaque brazenly stolen from park Recordnet.com (Manteca, CA) Nov. 29, 2007

--Help Ahead For Mortar-Losing Monument theday.com (Groton, CT) Dec. 5, 2007

--Bronze stolen from graves Whittier Daily News (Whittier, CA) Dec. 16, 2007