Fort Bragg Veterans Hall tagged with huge gang gibberish graffiti, at least two other locations hit
Fort Bragg has been struck in the heart by graffiti, ragging Veterans Memorial Hall with vile scribbling as tall as three feet high. Some of the scribble is the usual gang markings. I would ask people to have respect for common decency and not launch tirades about who did this until we hear what the police have to say. I would encourage readers to direct their energy into telling the city that this must not be tolerated. In an age of incivility and rudeness beyond what I could have ever imagined happening, we cannot let this attack on our hearts pass in our community. Thanks to Jay McMartin-Rosenquist, I heard about this vandalism hitting the Veterans Hall. So far she and I know of two other locations, pictured here hit by this supersized awful tagging.
We should not let this attack on those who defended us be simply painted over. This must not stand.
The three locations hit seem to have no relationship. There is the B and C Grocery, which has the best sandwiches in Fort Bragg and is a beloved local business.
There is a condo building with three units that seems to be empty just before Pudding Creek that was also hit.
I have a long history of honoring veterans. I was delighted by the California Veterans Home being in our community when I was managing editor of the Napa Valley Register and we told many of their stories, much history not in the history book. The story I wanted to tell and they did for me was that veterans do not fit any stereotype. We got a wide diversity of political and religious opinion and I had free drinks at the Yountville home’s bar. When I left the paper they made a spoof edition jesting in one headline- Hartzell leaves, WWII finally over in big letters. This makes me angry. I was working a full shift at the hospital so I couldn’t get out till midnight and take these photos.
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