You can now own a unique piece of Virginia Beach Oceanfront history after city leaders donated over 100 signs this summer to the Virginia Beach Police Foundation.
If you were down at the Oceanfront over the last 20 to 30 years, chances are you saw the infamous ‘no-cursing’ signs in the resort area.
The signs were put up years ago to promote a friendly family environment at the Oceanfront, but were taken down a few years ago.
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“These signs prompted a lot of interaction between officers and citizens, on what the signs mean,” Jake Jacocks, with the Virginia Beach Police Foundation, said. “It allowed officers to have good conversations with visitors to the Oceanfront.”
John Hood Since then they’ve sat in storage but earlier this year, city leaders donated the signs to the Virginia Beach Police Foundation to be auctioned off.