'I almost feel like crying,' one Navy veteran said. 'As a veteran, this is the worst thing you could do on the worst possible day of all days.' Police in Pennsylvania are investigating after a World War I memorial was vandalized on Memorial Day
The vandalism was discovered at 8 a.m. on Monday on the monument in Doughboy Square in the Lawrenceville neighborhood, the release said.Red paint was splashed on the memorial and"indeterminate messages" were written in the paint, police said.A WWI memorial was covered in red paint on Memorial Day.
Read MoreResidents told CNN affiliate WTAE they were disappointed that the vandalism occurred on a day meant to honor those who gave their all."I almost feel like crying," Navy veteran Lawrence Cmar told the affiliate."As a veteran, this is the worst thing you could do on the worst possible day of all days."Holly Hicks-Opperman, whose father served in World War I, said seeing that memorial targeted was upsetting.
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