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Friday, April 29, 2022

Who does this kind of shit?

MODESTO (CBS13) — How low can you go? A search is underway for vandals who destroyed dozens of headstones at cemeteries in Modesto. 

Some of the headstones damaged are from the 1920s with no families to contact, while some loved ones discovered the destruction while trying to pay their respects.

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Yeah, I know - drunken kids, and it happens everywhere. It still sucks.

I lived just a couple blocks from this cluster of cemeteries. It looks like one big cemetery but there's actually five of them (Modesto Citizens Cemetery, Acacia Memorial Park, Modesto Pioneer Cemetery and St Stanislaus Cemetery and a small Pauper's Cemetery), and these are Modesto's first burial grounds.
I've spent hours and hours in there researching Stanislaus County's history over the years and the headstones have a wealth of information on them - a listing of family members, the deceased's place of birth, occupation, etc.
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7 comments:

  1. STxARApril 29, 2022 at 11:35 PM

    My kin are in a small cemetery in Arlington Texas on the front row. I made rubbings one year. Last time I went by, they were all broken in half and laying on the ground.

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  2. Mr .Mojo Risin "April 30, 2022 at 1:28 AM

    Wirecutter , the miscreants who did this , have no conscience . Same shit happened to my truck earlier this month , while I was at work . They busted up the windshield & left a few dents on the hood & cab . This was behind 2 locked gates , w / an alarm system & surveillance cameras .

    Those responsible for fucking with others property , will answere for it . God almighty will see to that . " A Man's gotta right to protect his property " . - Boss Spearman - Open Range .

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  3. 9BoogerApril 30, 2022 at 6:07 AM

    I grew up right next to a cemetery, and I currently live next to a cemetery in an old church, neither have ever been vandalized. Growing up, there were headstones from the 1700s, barely legible from the weathering. Current one the oldest is 1800s. The church I live in was built in the 1880s

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  4. AnonymousApril 30, 2022 at 9:14 AM

    Cemeteries should all have a wood chipper to deal with the human feces that do things like this. Future problems solved.

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  5. AnonymousApril 30, 2022 at 10:21 AM

    Muslims

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  6. RobertApril 30, 2022 at 1:28 PM

    Local guy was stealing the brass urn/flowerpot/whatever from veteran graves and selling them for pennies on the dollar to a local metal salvage place that was in on the deal. Melted them. The death penalty sounded like a good idea when I found out.

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  7. Matthew WApril 30, 2022 at 4:18 PM

    As a guy that did all sorts of stupid when I was a kid, I never did senseless vandalism.

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