Archive for November, 2012
Mexican-American Wars Memorial in East L.A. Vandalized, Cowardly Thieves Steal Bronze Plaque
Monday, November 12th, 2012Bronze Plaque Stolen from Mexican Americans Wars Memorial-EGP News
(Los Angeles Times) For 65 years an obelisk like monument has stood over Boyle Heights in East L.A. a tribute to Mexican-American fallen heroes in all wars for the United States–then sometime in October, thieves struck making off with one of the large bronze plaques that had been affixed to the Mexican-American Memorial in 1947–the cowardly thieves also took two smaller ones nearby.
The likely motive money: The metal may be worth hundreds or thousands of dollars to an unscrupulously recycler, who could bale it with other scrap metal and ship it overseas.
New York City ‘Brooklyn War Memorial’ Closed On Veterans Day and the Rest of The Year
Monday, November 12th, 2012Brooklyn War Memorial –Image: New York City Parks
(New York Post) Its another Veterans Day and patriotic Brooklyn residents still can’t visit the boroughs only war memorial.
Veteran’s and Park advocates have been fighting to open the “Brooklyn War Memorial” a shamefully neglected building in Cadman Park Plaza–that has never been accessible to the public now 61 years after it was built.
Only an elite chosen few have been afforded the opportunity to visit the sacred wall of bronze plaques, holding the etched names of the 11,000 Fallen American Heroes from Brooklyn who didn’t come home after the Second World War.
More here from The New York Post
Veterans Day 2012 God Bless Our American Heroes
Sunday, November 11th, 2012Questions About the Abrupt Exit of Gen Patraeus from the CIA Just Before Benghazi Hearing
Sunday, November 11th, 2012Gen Petraeus Resigns From CIA Prior To Benghazi Hearing-The Tea Party
(Politico) Resignations over scandals often raise more questions than answers and this is true of Gen David Patraeus’s abrupt exit from the Central Intelligence Agency for having an affair, just prior to his scheduled testimony on Capitol Hill regarding the Benghazi investigation.
- Why resign now?
- What else was part of the FBI probe?
- Why wasn’t the Obama Administration and Congressional Committees not told of the affair earlier?
- What role if any did Benghazi play in the sudden decision to resign now?
Full post here from Politico