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New York Vandals Target The Gravesites Of Black War Veterans Vandals who desecrated the grave-sites of African American veterans have yet to be caught according to New York CBS Local : As CBS2’s Lou Young reported, the gravesites of veterans in the African-American section of Greenwood Union Cemetery in Rye were vandalized over Memorial Day weekend. Flags were stolen and a stone was knocked over. The historic cemetery is no stranger to vandalism. There have been broken monuments and toppled tombstones before. “To have this happen to these veterans is just unconscionable,” said David Thomas of the Friends of the African-American Cemetery. American flags placed on the graves of African-Americans who served in four wars were stolen last Friday as Memorial Day approached. It happened in an old segregated burial ground – a resting place for 379 New Yorkers of color. Among them are 35 veterans of the Civil War, the Spanish-American War, World War I, and World War II. It was a careful sacrilege that in many ways was more chilling than previous intrusions at the cemetery. People ain’t isht!!!!!

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People Ain’t Isht: Vandals Who Targeted The Gravesites Of Black War Veterans Still At Large