By Theodore DeckerThe Columbus DispatchLawnmowers mangle a few each year. Others are misplaced, perhaps stuck in the soil of a nearby grave in a relocation that was meant to be temporary.

Metal markers that record New Orleans history are vanishing from public spaces around the city, an official with the Department of Public Works said.

That included markers at buildings and museums, and standalone granite markers in places where Texas history was made. These are more difficult and expensive to repair than the thin metal markers.

This year, the markers themselves will be eligible for a plaque: The Texas Historical Commission is commemorating 50 years of placing those familiar metal markers -- 15,740 and counting -- where ...

Over more than a century, Pennsylvania dedicated more than 2,000 metal markers along roads and walkways to tell stories of the commonwealth’s history. Every now and then, they vanish. A revie… ...

A Taylor man has been arrested for selling stolen brass military grave markers to a local scrap metal recycling center, police said. Steel Service Center and Scrap Recycling representatives contact… ...

How those markers got buried was anyone’s guess. The oldest ones dated from the mid-1970s; it’s likely that rain, new soil and growing grass naturally covered the metal over time.

Related: Metal Markers Stolen From Abington Veterans' Graves Police say 44-year-old Alan Long received about $500 in cash for scrapping 142 brass markers and 76 brass rods. WBZ-TV's Beth Germano ...

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