Vandals topple 103-year-old Lincoln statue in Burlington

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Agreed, Eva. Just look for about 6-8 young men between the ages of 18 and 25 who were on a binge on Friday night and decided to prove how strong they were!

Our family cemetery dates to 1858, and has been constantly maintained. When the land around it went commercial, the developers were kind enough to enclose the area, with its ca. 1900 wrought iron fence around the tombstones as well as room for parking, etc., with a six-foot high chain link fence. We finally had to go one step further and lock the gates about ten years ago after a similar tombstone-toppling evening was enjoyed by at least one gang that had gained a reputation for doing similar damage to other ancient graveyards around the county.

Over a dozen tombstones were damaged, which cost various members of our family over $5000. The repairer said that the jerks were very lucky that some of the oldest and largest stones did not fall on the vandals. Last year, someone cut the chain link in order to steal anything bronze in the cemetery. Since all of the markers are old-fashioned stone of some sort, they had to settle for a few in-ground vases. I don't understand why they just don't stay home, drink beer if they want, and destroy things on computer games!