{"id":2240101,"date":"2024-05-08T12:57:02","date_gmt":"2024-05-08T16:57:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/i-love-america-eric-adams-offering-reward-for-info-on-vandals-who-trashed-world-war-i-memorial\/"},"modified":"2024-05-08T12:58:38","modified_gmt":"2024-05-08T16:58:38","slug":"i-love-america-eric-adams-offering-reward-for-info-on-vandals-who-trashed-world-war-i-memorial","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/i-love-america-eric-adams-offering-reward-for-info-on-vandals-who-trashed-world-war-i-memorial\/","title":{"rendered":"Eric Adams is offering a reward for information on vandals who damaged a World War I memorial. #LoveAmerica"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">36<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fi-love-america-eric-adams-offering-reward-for-info-on-vandals-who-trashed-world-war-i-memorial%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2240101&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>New York City Mayor Eric Adams has pledged $5,000 from his\u200d own funds for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/washington-dems-try-to-ban-police-traffic-stops-as-41k-cars-stolen-this-year\/\" title=\"Washington Dems Try to Ban Police Traffic Stops as 41k+ Cars Stolen This Year\">details leading<\/a> to the\u2063 capture of vandals who defaced a World War I memorial in Central Park. The vandals \u2063spray-painted anti-Israel slogans and desecrated the monument. Adams condemned the act,\u200c emphasizing the \u2063importance \u200cof not staying silent \u2063against such unpatriotic actions. New \u200dYork City Mayor Eric Adams is\u2063 offering a $5,000 reward from his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gop-reps-introduce-omar-act-to-crackdown-on-lawmakers-who-channel-campaign-funds-to-spouses\/\" title=\"GOP reps. introduce \u2018OMAR Act\u2019 to crackdown on lawmakers who channel campaign funds to spouses\">personal funds<\/a> for information that helps apprehend \u2063the vandals \u200bwho vandalized a \u2062World War \u2064I memorial in Central Park. The perpetrators defaced the monument \u200bwith anti-Israel graffiti. Adams strongly denounced the vandalism, \u200dhighlighting the need to speak out against such acts of disrespect.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">New York City Democratic Mayor <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/eric-adams\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Eric Adams<\/a> said on Tuesday that he would donate $5,000 of his own money to anyone who provides information that leads to the arrest and convictions of the vandals who <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/anti-israel-protesters-burn-american-flag-vandalize-wwi-memorial\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">trashed<\/a> a World War I memorial in Central Park. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Adams\u2019s promise comes after New York\u2019s monument to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/remember-when-liberals-thought-corporate-speech-was-evil\/\" title=\"Remember When Liberals Thought Corporate Speech Was Evil?\">107th<\/a> U.S. Infantry was vandalized by anti-Israel protesters on Monday with graffiti that read \u201cGaza\u201d and \u201cPalestine will be free.\u201d Protesters also burned an American flag and plastered the memorial with stickers with messages like \u201cStop the Genocide. End the apartheid. Free Palestine.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cIn spite of the unpopular notion, I\u2019m going to say it: I love America,\u201d Adams said during a press conference in front of the memorial, <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2024\/05\/07\/us-news\/mayor-adams-donates-5g-of-own-money-toward-reward-targeting-war-memorial-vandals-we-cannot-remain-silent\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">according<\/a> to the New York Post.  <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cWe cannot remain silent when our symbols of freedom are desecrated by individuals who clearly hate our country and way of life,\u201d he added. \u201cI am not going to remain silent because our silence gives the belief that everything is OK.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The monument to the 107th Infantry, first <a href=\"https:\/\/www.centralparknyc.org\/locations\/107th-united-states-infantry#:~:text=The%20107th%20United%20States%20Infantry,in%20the%20throes%20of%20battle.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">dedicated<\/a> in September 1927, pays tribute to the members of the unit\u2019s Seventh Regiment who were vital in breaking Germany\u2019s Hindenburg Line during the final months of World War I. The Seventh Regiment <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dvidshub.net\/news\/294676\/ny-national-guard-soldiers-brokethe-hindenburg-line-100-years-ago#:~:text=One%20unit%2C%20the%20107th%20Infantry,Soldiers%20who%20began%20the%20battle.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">had<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">  an incredibly high casualty count\u00a0 \u2014 with 396 men killed and 753 wounded out of 1,662 soldiers who fought. The monument was designed by Karl Illava, who served as a sergeant with the infantry. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cThe 107th United States Infantry memorial in Central Park is a symbol of the freedoms so many fought and died for \u2014 the same freedoms many are abusing with cowardly acts of vandalism,\u201d Adams <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NYCMayor\/status\/1787959951698108900\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said<\/a>. \u201cWe cannot allow these symbols to be desecrated by some in our city wanting to cause chaos and disorder.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><a href=\"https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" aria-describedby=\"sk-tooltip-9096\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp&#038;source=gmail&#038;ust=1700760801843000&#038;usg=AOvVaw2PQrVSrJfhxNb4LcARqniG\">CLICK HERE TO GET THE DAILYWIRE+ APP<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<p>The mayor added that arresting the individuals responsible for the vandalism was a top priority for the New York Police Department (NYPD), which was running down several leads. New York Crime Stoppers is offering an additional $10,000 reward for information on the vandalism.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> A monument honoring Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman, a leader in the Union Army during the Civil War, was also vandalized in Central Park on Monday evening.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The anti-Israel protests in New York City were part of an organized \u201cDay of Rage\u201d demonstration that took place near the Met Gala, where celebrities gathered for the annual Costume Institute Benefit. It also fell on Holocaust Remembrance Day.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em>Zach Jewell contributed to this report. <\/em><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NYC Mayor Eric Adams pledges $5,000 for tips leading to vandals who defaced Central Park&#8217;s WWI memorial. 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