HISTORY AND VANDALISM
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TWO WORDS THAT HAVE A GREAT DEAL OF MEANING TO HISTORY BUFFS, AND PROBABLY VANDALS AS WELL. SEEMS THAT NO MATTER HOW HISTORIC, PRESERVED OR DISPLAYED, SOMEONE WANTS TO DEFACE , DAMAGE OR DESTROY IT. HOWEVER, THE COUNTY, THE STATE AND THE U.S. GOVERNMENT HAVE BEGAN TO TAKE A SERIOUS LOOK AT VANDALISM AND HAS TAKEN A STAND . THE COUNTY LAW ENFORCEMENT PATROLS HISTORIC SITES REGUARLY. THE STATE HAS LAWS WITH TEETH IN THEM TO PROSECUTE PERPERTRATORS, AND THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT WILL AND DOES PROSECUTE VANDALISM TO THE LIMIT OF THE LAW. CHAMBERS COUNTY HAS A PROBLEM WITH VANDALISM ! NOW IS THE TIME FOR EVERY CITIZEN TO BECOME AWARE OF THE DAMAGE, DESTRUCTION AND COSTS INVOLVED EACH TIME AN ACT OF VANDALISM OCCURS TO OUR HISTORIC SITES. FORT ANAHUAC PARK, SITE OF THE 1830 MEXICAN FORT, AND THE SITE WHERE ONE OF THE FIRST SHOTS WERE FIRED AGAINST MEXICAN DOMINATION IN 1832, IS ONE SITE OF FREQUENT VANDALISM. FORT ANAHUAC PARK, ON THE FEDERAL REGISTRY OF HISTORIC SITES, IS PROTECTED UNDER FEDERAL LAWS, AND PROCECUTION OF CRIMINAL OFFENCES, IS PUNISHABLE BY UP TO A $10,000.00 FINE AND UP TO TEN YEARS IN PRISON. THE CHAMBERS COUNTY HISTORICAL COMMISSION, WITH THE COOPERATION OF COUNTY OFFICIALS AND LAW ENFORCEMENT, WILL PROSECUTE ALL VANDALISM . PLEASE ADVISE ANY COUNTY OFFICIAL OR LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER OFANY ACTS OF VANDALISM, GET A DESCRIPTION OF PERSON(S) AND/OR VEHICLE, THAT YOU MAY OBSERVE. LETS ALL HELP SAVE AND PRESERVE OUR HISTORY.
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Written by Chambers County Historical Commission Chairman Bob Wheat March 12, 2009 |
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