Vandalism at Rippavilla Event Site

[Lucky]

Folks,

Personally viewed damage done to the outhouse down at Browns' Stand at Rippavilla today. The door is split in half and there is pencil grafity all over the inner and outer walls. While some may say this isn't a big deal, it probably is a big deal to those who attended the event work days during the July/August heat and helped build the structure. Too bad the vandals weren't caught in the act, they should be beaten with a rubber hose.:angry_smi

[Trish Hasenmueller]

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Oh, man, someone built us an outhouse and it's gone before we got to use it???!!!! I hope the damage is only cosmetic.

Trish Hasenmueller

[Kiev Thomason]

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Folks,

Personally viewed damage done to the outhouse down at Browns' Stand at Rippavilla today. The door is split in half and there is pencil grafity all over the inner and outer walls. While some may say this isn't a big deal, it probably is a big deal to those who attended the event work days during the July/August heat and helped build the structure. Too bad the vandals weren't caught in the act, they should be beaten with a rubber hose.:angry_smi

That would be....myself ,Pat Craddock,Art milbert ,Herb Coats,Liz Warnick,and Mrk and Mark from the 7th TN. Cav. It was very warm!:baring_te

[WoodenNutmeg]

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Ran into this post by accident but after reading it please allow me to extend my condolences, gents. I too know what it is like to be the victim (if anyone really is these days) of living history vandalism. Some men and I (mind you this was years ago) had built a glorious trench, complete with wooden supports, the whole nine yards. All in all, it took about a week of after work efforts to complete.

That Friday, prior to our event, we arrived to the site to find not only was the trench filled in and the wood stolen (a seemingly impossible task to perform overnight without roughly about five men), but a note was left tied to a stake reading simply, "HA!" in red paint on a small piece of cardboard. Never find out who it was, why they did it, all of this on top of not being able to hold the event.

Pvt. Bryan O'Keefe, Esquire

[MercyAngel62]

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Guessing it was the teenagers that are frequently caught "partying" out on the site there. They must not have anything else constructive to do, except to tear things up. It's a crying shame.

[coastaltrash]

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Ya build something nice as a donation to the historic site and also at the request of the few civilians coming to Outpost and damned if someone don't tear it up before we do.

I actually heard Liz did all the work and Kiev sat under an umbrella drinking lemonade.

[MercyAngel62]

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.....And eating all the cookies I baked for those hard working fellas! ;)

[plankholder]

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Lets hope the vandals didnt fill in the hole! Its a shame that some people dont have anything better to do than tear up a crapper. -ELI GEERY

[Coatsy]

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Well if that doesn't just stink! The door can be replaced I think, but it is still work!

Liz get crack'n!

[buckandball]

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Perhaps my real life martial professional inclines me to suggest a more severe punnishment; something that leaves a mark or a lasting memory.

[MercyAngel62]

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Get to crackin????

I'm making the hard bread over my fall break!!! Now, that's dedication.

[Suppelsa]

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Perhaps my real life martial professional inclines me to suggest a more severe punnishment; something that leaves a mark or a lasting memory.

Can we stow them in the back of your KC-130? A nice stint in the desert might be good for these people.

[Charles Heath]

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"If you build it, then they will tear it up."

The small group of folks who maintain the Winter 1864 site have similar troubles with vandalism, and repair work above and beyond regular maintenance bedevils them to no end. Scott's tales of vandalism, complete with various clothing and "other" items left behind, are enough to the raise blood pressure of even the most mild mannered carpenter.

[buckandball]

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Chris, that would be a reward for these types... but I could put them to work. Filling sandbags and HESCO barriers (the modern day gabions) in the summer heat of the Al Anbar province is no treat even for the acclimated.