Saturday, September 15, 2012

1897 Cemetery Vandalism

A few months back, I put together an author talk that I titled, "Gypsies, Tramps, and Thieves."  I put together a power point presentation and I wanted to put it on the website but so far I haven't figured out how to do that (if anyone can help me, please feel free to e-mail me).
 
In the meantime, I'm adding a few of the articles I found in the local newspaper in the late 1800s and early 1900s on this topic.
 
Cemeteries seem to be a draw for vandalism, and it is nothing new.  The following article was published in 1897: 

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