Vandals continue to steal name plates from a firefighter memorial
Firefighters are frustrated that someone continues to steal brass plates from a memorial honoring firefighters that's stood for 95 years.
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Firefighters are frustrated that someone continues to steal brass plates from a memorial honoring firefighters that's stood for 95 years.
Brass name plates of firefighters who died in service were stolen from the David Campbell Memorial. Someone also damaged other parts of the memorial.
A retired Portland fireman says the David Campbell Memorial, a memorial dedicated to the city’s fallen firefighters, was the recent target of a ‘truly egregious crime.’ The David Campbell Memorial Association noticed that the monument had been on Wednesday, according to association President Don Porth.
The David Campbell Memorial on Southwest 19th and Alder honors 75 fallen firefighters — but it's cracked, dirty and all but forgotten.
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