Peace Light Vandalism

Plywood still covers the graffiti on the Eternal Light Peace Memorial. The cannon represents the position of the Orange (Virginia) Artillery. This view was taken facing northwest at approximately 6:15 PM on Friday, April 30, 2009.

As has been pointed out on other Civil War internet sites, with all of the work being done on the William Patterson House, why hasn't the Eternal Light Peace Memorial been restored? The spray painting of the monument took place on Thursday, January 8, 2009. We are fast approaching the four month anniversary of that incident. Supposedly warmer weather is called for, and we have certainly had that lately. Hopefully this is the last week that we will see the Peace Light in this condition.

We visited Sunday afternoon. The spray paint has been cleaned off the parking signs. This view was taken facing northwest at approximately 2:00 PM on Sunday, April 26, 2009.

At one time the National Park Service that it would be a major effort to clean the graffiti. Then they thought they could do it over the winter by encasing certain sections with plastic, as they did when they worked on the masonry at the William Patterson House. This view was taken facing northwest at approximately 2:00 PM on Sunday, April 26, 2009.

Then we heard that they planned to use steam to clean off the monument. This view was taken facing northwest at approximately 2:00 PM on Sunday, April 26, 2009.

Any of those options would be very welcome at this point. This view was taken facing southwest at approximately 2:00 PM on Sunday, April 26, 2009.

Some government agencies try to clean graffiti as quickly as possible so that the perpetrators will be discouraged. This view was taken facing southeast at approximately 2:00 PM on Sunday, April 26, 2009.

Now we're just waiting. This view was taken facing southeast at approximately 2:00 PM on Sunday, April 26, 2009.

And waiting. This view was taken facing southeast at approximately 2:00 PM on Sunday, April 26, 2009.

And waiting. This view was taken facing west at approximately 2:00 PM on Sunday, April 26, 2009.