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Vietnam Veterans Memorial replica visiting Monroe County June 3-7
The Daily Jeffersonian
WOODSFIELD - The Moving Wall, a traveling, half-size replica of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C., will make a stop at the Monroe County Fairgrounds in Woodsfield on June 3-7.
The Moving Wall has been traversing the United States for more than 36 years after it was first displayed in Tyler, Texas, in October 1984.
The visit to Monroe County is sponsored by Veterans in Distress, an organization whose mission is to help veterans facing financial hardships or who have needs that cannot be addressed by other organizations, so that no veteran falls through the cracks.
Michigan man accused of beating Black teen with a bike lock indicted on hate crime charges
Updated Feb 11, 2021;
MONROE COUNTY, MI – A man accused of attacking two Black teens at a state park, fracturing one teen’s skull with a bike lock, has been indicted on federal hate crime charges.
Lee James Mouat Jr., 42, of Newport, was indicted Thursday, Feb. 11, on two counts violating the federal Hate Crime Prevention Act, which makes it illegal to injure, or attempt to injure, someone because of their actual or perceived race, color, religion or national origin.
The victim and two other African American teenagers were in the parking lot of Sterling State Park in Monroe County June 6 when Mouat used a racial slur when telling them they didn’t belong on the beach. according to the criminal complaint filed in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan.