Vandals destroy the cemetery where the Wright Brothers are buried
September 23rd, 2010 - 8:00 pm ICT by Aishwarya BhattSep 23 (THAINDIAN NEWS) The city’s famous burial ground was damaged by vandals. According to police reports the estimated damage is around $25,000. Vandals have not only damaged cemetery of the Wright brothers and poet Paul Laurence Dunbar in Dayton, Ohio but also dozens of other gravesites.
Workers found 62 sites vandalized on Monday morning, it was found that stones on the grave were knocked down. Workers told the police that the American flag and an aviation flag were completely broken on the grave of the Wright Brother’s. And apart from that a flag honoring the poet Paul Laurence site was also found to be reduced to ashes.
When contacted David FitzSimmons, who is the president and CEO of the facility, then he said that wasn’t available for answering any questions about the damage caused by vandals.
Lt. Larry Faulkner, commander of the Central Business District, told the reports that this is not uncommon incident.
Stephen Wright, the great-grandnephew of the Wright brothers expressed his grievances on the issue and hope the person caused the damage to the site is caught.
The cemetery was founded in year 1841, near Great Miami River. The woodland site is a big asset for the city and damage caused to it is a big let down for the officials taking care of the site.
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