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Peoria Journal Star
Most headstones back in place after vandalism at Pekin cemetery
Peoria Journal Star
By SARAH GARFINKEL After days of hard work by volunteers, all but one headstone is back in its rightful position at Lakeside Cemetery. Though the number of headstones damaged in the vandalism overnight Monday still is unknown, dozens of heavy stone ...
Volunteers repairing vandalismPekin Daily Times

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18 headstones damaged at Lake Hallie cemetery
Chippewa Herald
That's the number of headstones found disturbed Thursday, in one of two attacks of vandalism this past week, just before Memorial Day weekend. The cemetery caretaker reported that some headstones were found disturbed on Monday, according to Lake Hallie ...
Vandals knock over 18 headstones in Lake Hallie cemeteryWQOW TV News 18
Headstones knocked over close to Memorial DayLeader-Telegram

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18 headstones damaged at Lake Hallie cemetery
Chippewa Herald
I live in Lake Hallie about 4 blocks from this cemetery. I have lived here for 6 years and feel that our police force is not visible enough. I rarely see squads driving through our neighborhood. There is a good chance that the low profile our police ...

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Interest wanes in helping to reclaim burial grounds in Leechburg
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
Boehm said the company hopes to garner more public interest by changing the focus of work from exhausting tasks such as grass mowing to more interesting chores like caring for headstones. To that end, Boehm said, the company will soon be looking to ...


 
Gravestones found at construction site in Clawson
WDIV Detroit
Clawson police are digging into databases to find out how two cemetery headstones may have ended up at a construction site. The stones are etched, “Dear Husband and Father, William J. Edwards, March 27, 1936- Dec 10, 1986” and “Dear Husband and Father ...
Police puzzled by gravestones that mysteriously turned up at Clawson ...Oakland Press

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Memorial Day stories of loved ones lost
Tulsa World
She was placing "prayer stones" on the headstones of family members. McKenzie explained that the tradition is to say a prayer whenever you place a stone. She said it was nice to see the other stones and know that other family members had been there and ...

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Headstones cleaned as Memorial Day nears
The Trentonian
By Trentonian Staff Mercer County recently conducted Operation White Stone, a program to maintain the headstones at the graves of veterans buried in the Field of Honor section of Greenwood Cemetery. Some 1400 headstones were cleaned of dirt and debris ...