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    1. [NY-TROY-IRISH-GENSOC] St. John's Cemetery Lansingburgh toppled stones
    2. Christopher Philippo
    3. I had tried posting this before when the list was down: "U.S. army private John Ingram, who served in World War II and died in 1991, had his grave stone knocked over and then replaced, but his mother’s stone right beside it, was still toppled in the freshly cut grass." Levy, Dan. “Councilman: vandalism one of the filthiest things.” WNYT. July 18, 2014 http://wnyt.com/article/stories/s3478962.shtml John Ingram’s stone in the video appears to have bare dirt behind it which would indicate that the stone had been knocked down for enough time that there was no grass under it when it was flat. If it had been knocked over recently, there would have been grass under it. Rose M. Ingram (1876-1953): photo posted February 6, 2012 shows stone flat on the ground http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=pv&GRid=84555374&PIpi=55320516 Godfrey Kloppe (1827-1902): seen in the WNYT video in a few spots; photo posted February 6, 2012 shows stone flat on the ground http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=pv&GRid=84555449&PIpi=55320603 Others were shown to be up in 2012, though, e.g. Pierce Dunn (1861-1861): photo posted November 28, 2012 http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=pv&GRid=101403836&PIpi=71679481 Some damage may have been vandalism (new or old), some might have been frost heaves, ground sinking, etc. At least it’s going to be addressed, which is a good thing. Chris

    06/27/2014 05:28:10