President William McKinley’s Ohio memorial vandalized again

The Memorial in March 2005 (Photo by Original uploader was Kc8wvj at en.wikipedia – I took this picture myself. I am the copyright owner and I release it into the public domain.i took this myselfTransferred from en.wikipedia, Public Domain)

CANTON, Ohio — A memorial in Ohio honouring former President William McKinley has been vandalized again.

The Canton Repository reports someone unbolted two bronze window covers from the base of the McKinley National Memorial in Canton over the weekend.

A facilities manager at the memorial for the 25th president says the vandals left the heavy covers behind.

The memorial has been damaged and vandalized numerous times in recent years. Workers found a water bottle jammed in bronze scrollwork above the memorial’s 96-foot-high (29-meter-high) doors several months ago.

Facilities Manager Ronald Hermann says skateboarders continue to damage marble and concrete along the memorial’s base and steps.

The memorial contains the remains of McKinley, his wife and their two daughters. McKinley was assassinated in 1901 during his second term.