Victor Davis-Hanson recently wrote that all the bronze commemorative plaques in his town of Selma, CA have been ripped from their buildings and monuments.
What a sad state of affairs. Our public square is a mess with bums, graffiti, “occupiers,” public urination and defecation, thefts and other crimes.
The same will happen elsewhere too.
Historical markers will be another target.
I’d say, make them out of wood, but that will be stolen for fuel.
Stone or concrete seem to be the only solutions, as the Egyptians and Romans knew.