I don't really know where to post this as I know this isn't a query, but I feel I must bring attention to it.
In the local newspaper, it was reported that 30 gravestones had been attacked and vandalised on a two night "drunken spree" at our town's graveyard. My 2x great-grandparents and countless other relatives are buried there, including my 2x great-grandmother's step sister. Today I decided to take a look for myself and see if the stones I knew of were okay. I know that sounds as if I worry only about my own, but I do care about other people's families and the hurt this causes.
I was shocked and disgusted to find my said great-grandmother's step sister's gravestone knocked down and the grass around it destroyed. A gravestone that has stood for nearly 50 years and not one mark on it a month ago; a gravestone of a person who I have spent months researching and caring about, just wishing to meet them one time.
I'm 18 years old, so I am probably considered the age of those who have done this crime. That does not really make a difference, but I just want to say that not all youths have such a disregard for their ancestors or the memorials that have been erected for them.
I would also like to ask if there is any way I could get the gravestone put back up? I'm afraid the answer will probably be 'no', and to tell my grandparents this will be awful. I'm actually quite scared to see their reaction. I would write into the newspaper but it would probably fall on deaf ears.
Thank you for reading.
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