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Historic cemetery trashed by vandals (NJ)

PEQUANNOCK -- Police are looking for vandals who damaged 57 headstones at graves in a cemetery that's more than 200 years old last weekend.

The graves at the cemetery date back to the 1700s and include veterans of the Revolutionary War, the War of 1812, the Civil War, former slaves, a Medal of Honor recipient and other deceased Pequannock-area residents, local historians said.


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