Thieves stole the cross-shaped Mojave Desert War Memorial during the night of May 9, less than two weeks after the Supreme Court ruled that the 76-year-old memorial could stay. Because the memorial was on U.S. property, the thieves committed a federal crime; worse, they desecrated a national war memorial that was erected by the Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) to honor American service members who have died in battle.
