{"id":125877,"date":"2022-05-17T06:19:02","date_gmt":"2022-05-17T10:19:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=125877"},"modified":"2022-05-17T06:19:17","modified_gmt":"2022-05-17T10:19:17","slug":"vandals-target-ri-marine-memorial","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=125877","title":{"rendered":"Vandals Target RI Marine Memorial"},"content":{"rendered":"

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A newly constructed memorial honoring nine fallen Rhode Island Marines in Beirut Lebanon was vandalized two weeks before Memorial Day.<\/p>\n

Vandals target Rhode Island Nine Memorial honoring fallen Marines<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WJAR) \u2014\u00a0<\/span>Providence’s Rhode Island Nine Memorial honoring the lives of fallen Marines was vandalized over the weekend.<\/p>\n

“Sick to my stomach,” Charlie Masterson, curator of the memorial said. “It’s no accident about this. This was this was a concerted effort to destroy this monument.”<\/p>\n

The monument honors the nine Rhode Island Marines who lost their lives in the 1983 Beirut bombing. It was unveiled in September 2020.<\/p>\n

Nine glass panels each have a picture of the fallen Marines. Two of the nine panels were shattered.<\/p>\n

After hearing about the vandalism, Masterson went to see the damage for himself and speak with Providence police.<\/p>\n

“It’s peaceful, it’s tranquil, and for somebody that violates that, the depravity … I can’t fathom,” he said. “I can’t fathom what’s going through somebody’s mind to do something like this. This is terrible.”<\/p>\n

The monument honors the nine Rhode Island Marines who lost their lives in the 1983 Beirut bombing. It was unveiled in September 2020. (WJAR)<\/p>\n

The nine Rhode Island Marines were among the 241 American service members killed in the 1983 bombing of a U.S. Marines Corps barracks in Beirut.<\/p>\n

“People need to know about sacrifice. They need to know about patriotism,” Masterson said. “This monument, it’s a beautiful monument, I’d much rather have a live Marine.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Somebody speculated that the vandal(s) loosened a paver and threw it against the glass.\u00a0 One was found nearby.<\/p>\n

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It cannot be said that this is part of an ongoing war against monuments, or simply a random act of violence.\u00a0 The former is usually a part of a staged public protest and this activity seemed to be under the cover of darkness.<\/p>\n

No word on whether the monument can be repaired in time for Memorial Day 2022.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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