‘Storm damage could not have done this’: Nearly a dozen headstones damaged at Cleveland cemetery

  • About a dozen headstones at the Monroe Street Cemetery in Cleveland have been vandalized, with the foundation now assessing the damage and planning to reset as many monuments as possible themselves.

About a dozen headstones at the Monroe Street Cemetery in Cleveland are believed to have been vandalized.

“We were frustrated. We were angry. We were upset. This is a sacred ground for many,” said Lesley Patterson, the Vice President of the Monroe Street Cemetery Foundation. “We were all devastated when we saw the pictures.”

Patterson told 3News a board member discovered the damage earlier this week while walking through the cemetery…

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