Defacing ANY war memorial is a crime.

This cast bronze, concrete-embedded sign is at the base of the Virginia monument, which overlooks the field of Pickett's Charge at Gettysburg. It was placed at the monument's dedication in 1917.




$500 + 100 years of inflation= $9,551.72 in 2017.

I do not support the Confederate cause, or believe in what it stood for, but you cannot change history. What's happened has happened!  If you deface a war memorial, you should both pay the fine AND go to jail.