Residents and community leaders in South Boston are shaking their heads, perplexed by acts of vandalism to three veterans’ memorials that occurred earlier this week.
Vandals Strike
Outrage has grown since the incidents were discovered on Wednesday morning, reported Boston.com. Vandals targeted the community’s Medal of Honor Park, Korean War Memorial, and the Admiral Farragut Statue, knocking over and crumpling up American flags, removing them, and tossing them across a nearby road.
The incident is being investigated by local and state authorities, and they believe the vandalism happened between 6 p.m. Tuesday and 6 a.m. Wednesday. Not much else is known about the incident, but both the Boston Police Department and the Massachusetts State Police are investigating.
Thomas J. Fitzgerald VFW Post 561, a local veterans organization in South Boston, wrote about vandalism on its Facebook page, wondering why anyone would target memorials…