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06.24.2009 1:28pm EDT
(Chicago) A statue containing the ashes of a Chicago gay activist was stolen from an Uptown peace garden this past weekend, reports the Chicago Sun-Times.
The statue was created as a tribute to lesbian health activist and attorney Mary York. The statue was a replica of the Bird Girl sculpture that appeared on the cover of the book Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil. York’s ashes were mixed into the cement that anchored the statue.The statue was a part of a garden tribute created last year next to the Howard Brown Health Center honoring York and fellow lesbian health activist Lisa Tonna. A larger and heavier Buddha-like statue was created in honor of Tonna. Both women passed away within two weeks of each other in January 2008.
Center staffers noticed that the statue was missing on Monday, though the statue honoring Tonna remained.
Pathetic.
Theft of public statuary is becoming commonplace. The buddha was probably too big to haul off, that’s why it was left. A search of local salvage yards will more than likely find the statue.
Back in the 70s bronze urns were stolen from my grandparents graves. Here in Los Angeles a famous statue of a prospector was sawed from it’s base and sold to a scrap dealer.
New laws dealing with sort of vandalism need to be crafted specifically for these crimes.
I think that the person who did this should be ashame of them selves for doing such a cowardly act.Its terrible that a person has disturb a person’s final resting place to please their own greedy needs !!!