When I came home from work on Monday, 8 May 2006, KDKA-TV2 was running a story on their newscast that Fennelltown Cemetery in Salem Township, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania had been vandalized. The report was that 62 stones had been knocked down, with others being spray painted. Since many of my ancestors are buried in this cemetery, I knew that it was my family duty and obligation to get to this cemetery as soon as possible, to access the damage done to the tombstones of my ancestors. The good news for me was that none of the tombstones belonging to my ancestors had been vandalized, HOWEVER, the amount of destruction that I did see just tore my heart apart. While I did not count all of the tombstones that were down, it certainly seemed to me as if that number could have easily been 62 tombstones. Many stones that were large and high standing had been knocked down and in a few cases the bases had pulled completely from the ground when the tombstones fell over. What I did not see was any spray painted tombstones. For those of you who may not know about this cemetery, it is a very old cemetery, and I am sure that many families have long since died out or moved on, so I am not sure of the fate of those tombstones that have all been knocked down. The news report said that there was a Fennelltown Cemetery Association and I will see if I can find out more about them, as I am sure that they most likely are a small organization and they may be searching for ways in which to raise money in order to lift and repair those tombstones that had been damaged. Basically speaking, the vandals must have started at the first row in the cemetery (the one near the cemetery sign) and must have gone row by row, working their way in from the road towards the back of the cemetery. If anone has family buried in this cemetery, please visit this cemetery, if at all possible, to see if your ancestors tombstones have been damaged. Mickey 74bug@nauticom.net