“For the ILWU, the Merchant Mariners, and for the old fishermen, that’s sacred ground down there,” Greg Mitre of the ILWU Pensioners said of the memorial site.
Following plaque thefts and vandalism to memorials in San Pedro, the Port of Los Angeles is working with private sponsors of those vandalized plaques to do repairs. The Fishermans Memorial was one of the vandalized memorials. Following plaque thefts and vandalism to memorials in San Pedro, the Port of Los Angeles is working with private sponsors of those vandalized plaques to do repairs. The Merchant Marine Memorial was one of the vandalized memorials.
Following plaque thefts and vandalism to memorials in San Pedro, the Port of Los Angeles is working with private sponsors of those vandalized plaques to do repairs. The Merchant Marine Memorial was one of the vandalized memorials. Following plaque thefts and vandalism to memorials in San Pedro, the Port of Los Angeles is working with private sponsors of those vandalized plaques to do repairs. The Merchant Marine Memorial, Fisherman’s Memorial, USS Los Angeles and ILWU Harry Bridges monuments were some of the vandalized memorials.
Following plaque thefts and vandalism to memorials in San Pedro, the Port of Los Angeles is working with private sponsors of those vandalized plaques to do repairs. The Fishermans Memorial was one of the vandalized memorials. Following plaque thefts and vandalism to memorials in San Pedro, the Port of Los Angeles is working with private sponsors of those vandalized plaques to do repairs. The Fishermans Memorial was one of the vandalized memorials.
Augie Bezmalinovich, the port’s community affairs advocate, has taken the lead for the port in contacting community groups that originally sponsored the tributes decades ago. Paying tribute to San Pedro’s roots, the large pieces hold deep meaning for the waterfront community and included the names of many of the town’s early residents.
Pielago contacted Blue Engravers graphic artists in Long Beach, the company that did the original artwork on behalf of the project. After some searching, the shop found all of the original artwork for the monument — from 25 years ago. A contact with the Merchant Marine memorial could not be reached for comment, but Mitre said work is underway to replace all four plaques in stone on that edifice. But it probably won’t be finished, he said, before the group holds its annual memorial ceremony at the monument site as it does every year on May 22.
The union is considering using stone for replacement materials. Pielago said what materials to use is still a decision that needs to be weighed for the fishermen’s memorial.
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