Friday, October 23, 2015

Albany Vietnam Memorial Vanalized

Vietnam memorial vandalized with profanity-laced graffiti 
WNYT.com
10/22/2015
The monument was unveiled back in 1992, honoring more than 70 members of the military from Albany County, who were killed in Vietnam. In more than two decades, no one has ever touched it.
ALBANY - Vandals hit a Vietnam Memorial in Albany, defacing it with profanity laced graffiti.
Vandalism at the Vietnam Memorial in Albany.
Photo: WNYT
Authorities discovered the explicit graffiti Thursday morning on the Albany County Vietnam Veterans memorial at Lafayette Park.

The clean-up is complete, but the investigation, far from over.

Unfortunately, part of the spray paint remains. You can still see the words, albeit faintly. Veterans are angry and they hope whoever did this will so be caught.

The words stood out -- big black letters -- spray painted on the beige surface of the Vietnam Veteran’s Monument in the middle of Lafayette Park: “F--- Militarism,” read the sign.
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