Title:
Problems of Mystic cemetery vandalism
Author:
Carol W. Kimball
Subjects:
Vandalism in Mystic's cemetery, Fishtown cemetery, strains budgets and hearts
Cemeteries
Graves, in earlier times, tended by individual families
Vandalism at Gallup Cemetery in Ledyard
Cemeteries
Graves, in earlier times, tended by individual families
Vandalism at Gallup Cemetery in Ledyard
Object ID:
Kim03-062
Object Name:
Scrapbook
Category:
8: Communication Artifact
Subcategory:
Documentary Artifact
Publisher:
The Day
Publication Place:
New London, CT
Pubication Date:
07/05/1990
Collection:
Carol W. Kimball
Summary:
One week after memorial day of 1990 vandals damage 20 stones, crush flags and flowers, topple a stone urn, break the Morgan obelisk and Decker memorial in the Mystic cemetery. Repair costs strain the budgets and hearts.
People:
Morgan
Decker
Lathan, Henry
King, Grover
Melvin, Thomas
Williams, Charles S.
Allyn, Charles B.
Ashbey, George A.
Rowland, Peter E.
Sawyer, Asa
Moon, George
Manwaring, Henry K.
Beebe, Silas
Wilbur, Jeremiah
Gates, Gurdon
Gates, Isaac
Gates, George
Gates, Charles
Smith, William P.
Randall
Decker
Lathan, Henry
King, Grover
Melvin, Thomas
Williams, Charles S.
Allyn, Charles B.
Ashbey, George A.
Rowland, Peter E.
Sawyer, Asa
Moon, George
Manwaring, Henry K.
Beebe, Silas
Wilbur, Jeremiah
Gates, Gurdon
Gates, Isaac
Gates, George
Gates, Charles
Smith, William P.
Randall
Search Terms:
vandalism
Mystic
cemetery
graves
Gallup Cemetery
Colonel Ledyard Cemetery
Groton
Charles B. Allyn Foundation
historic cemeteries
burial grounds
Mystic
cemetery
graves
Gallup Cemetery
Colonel Ledyard Cemetery
Groton
Charles B. Allyn Foundation
historic cemeteries
burial grounds