Military Memorial Garden Vandalized In Auburn

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AUBURN (CBS13) — The Armed Forces Pavilion and Military Garden successful Auburn, which is dedicated to subject families and veterans, was vandalized implicit the weekend.

Garden caretakers were shocked astatine what they saw Monday morning: Statues were destroyed, signs were stolen and garbage was near behind.

The Auburn assemblage comes to the plot to bespeak connected their work oregon simply to commune and find peace, but that was stripped for subject families, including the Moores whose lad is simply a subordinate of the United States Army.

“He’s successful Germany. He’ll beryllium heading location for Christmas. We prime him up from the airdrome connected Saturday. I ne'er thought I’d beryllium a subject mom, but I americium and I’m precise arrogant of that,” Addie Moore said.

Addie said her son’s inspiration for joining up is, successful part, the Armed Forces Pavilion and Military Garden successful Auburn.

“For me, it’s conscionable a peculiar spot due to the fact that I deliberation helium made the determination to articulation partially due to the fact that I was coming present and but besides due to the fact that his gramps was successful the Army,” she said.

The plot was, successful part, created by the Forgotten Soldier program.

“It’s heartbreaking to spot damage,” said Tom More, Addies’s hubby and committee subordinate for the Forgotten Soldier program.

Signs were stolen that marked the region betwixt Auburn and subject battlegrounds, and a full-sized angel was destroyed.

“She was conscionable lasting close present and radical would travel up and commune implicit her,” Addie said.

“People spot her arsenic a protector of this garden. Just to regenerate that statue is going to beryllium astir $1,000,” Tom said.

But the fiscal harm isn’t astir arsenic impactful arsenic the affectional damage.

“This plot is simply a peculiar gem successful Auburn. Having vandalism similar this, I would privation to adjacent it disconnected but it benignant of defeats the full purpose,” Addie said.

So who did it and why? They whitethorn ne'er know.

“We filed a study but due to the fact that there’s not information footage and nary 1 comes done arsenic a witness, it’s hard to pin down who did what. At this point, we conscionable determination forward, we can’t dwell connected the past,” Tom said.

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CBS13 did scope retired to the Auburn Police Department for immoderate leads connected imaginable suspects and what the punishment for thing similar this could be. We did not instantly perceive back.