Oakwood Cemetery asks for help with vandalism

Oakwood Cemetery is seeking donations to offset $23,000 damage to Confederate and other graves vandalized last week.

Nine monuments, including that marking the grave of N.C. Governor Charles Aycock, were spray-painted with graffiti expressing anti-racism sentiments. Aycock’s grave was painted “white supremacist,” and many other high-ranking officers in the Civil War had their markers painted with “slavery” in large letters.

The cemetery, which is private but open to the public, asks donors to use the following online link: https://www.crowdrise.com/graffitiremovalfromv/fundraiser/robinsimonton#[object%20Object]. Donations may also be mailed to Oakwood Cemetery, PO Box 26867, Raleigh, NC, 27611.

This story was originally published January 6, 2016 at 2:43 PM with the headline "Oakwood Cemetery asks for help with vandalism."