IntheNet
22 Feb 2006, 09:53 AM
I'm posting this thread to spread awareness of this recent crime at GNMP, and in the hope that anyone that may have witnessed or heard something that might trace the perpetrators.
Gettysburg Monuments Vandalized: National Park Service Asks Public for Information
Gettysburg National Military Park is looking for information related to the vandalism of civil war monuments on the Gettysburg Battlefield damaged during the night of February 15, 2006 or the early morning hours of February 16, 2006. Vandals pulled the top stone and sculpture off of the 11th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry Monument, dedicated on October 8, 1885. The 11 th Massachusetts monument is located on Emmitsburg Road at the intersection of Sickles Avenue. Vandals pulled down the bronze sculpture of a Zouave infantryman from the pedestal of the 114th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry Monument, dedicated on July 2, 1886, located at the Sherfy house on Emmitsburg Road. The figure landed on a decorative iron fence that was also damaged.
Vandals also pulled the bronze sculpture of a Civil War Artilleryman from the monument to Smith’s battery, also known as the 4 th New York battery, located on Devil’s Den. The Smith’s battery monument was dedicated July 2, 1888.
Anyone with any information is asked to call the National Park Service at 717-334-0909.
From Civil War Interactive (http://www.civilwarinteractive.com/PR0216GBVandals.htm):
http://www.civilwarinteractive.com/images/GBVandalsmedium1.jpg
http://www.civilwarinteractive.com/images/GBVandals2.jpg
Call the Park if you have any leads.... Please help find these vandals!
Gettysburg Monuments Vandalized: National Park Service Asks Public for Information
Gettysburg National Military Park is looking for information related to the vandalism of civil war monuments on the Gettysburg Battlefield damaged during the night of February 15, 2006 or the early morning hours of February 16, 2006. Vandals pulled the top stone and sculpture off of the 11th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry Monument, dedicated on October 8, 1885. The 11 th Massachusetts monument is located on Emmitsburg Road at the intersection of Sickles Avenue. Vandals pulled down the bronze sculpture of a Zouave infantryman from the pedestal of the 114th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry Monument, dedicated on July 2, 1886, located at the Sherfy house on Emmitsburg Road. The figure landed on a decorative iron fence that was also damaged.
Vandals also pulled the bronze sculpture of a Civil War Artilleryman from the monument to Smith’s battery, also known as the 4 th New York battery, located on Devil’s Den. The Smith’s battery monument was dedicated July 2, 1888.
Anyone with any information is asked to call the National Park Service at 717-334-0909.
From Civil War Interactive (http://www.civilwarinteractive.com/PR0216GBVandals.htm):
http://www.civilwarinteractive.com/images/GBVandalsmedium1.jpg
http://www.civilwarinteractive.com/images/GBVandals2.jpg
Call the Park if you have any leads.... Please help find these vandals!