A damage report on an Easter weekend vandalism spree at the city's oldest public cemetery is expected Wednesday.

Dozens of monuments were damaged at Hamilton Cemetery on York Boulevard over the long weekend, the second case of serious damage at a city cemetery in the past three weeks.

While he's still awaiting an expert estimate on the dollar value of the damage, Tennessee Propedo, the city's manager of parks and cemeteries, said he expects it will be much more than the $10,000 in damage done to White Church Cemetery in Mount Hope last month.

"Kids went in and knocked over and destroyed quite a few stones" — about 30 of them, said Propedo.

The damage is in the area of the cemetery farthest from York Boulevard, out of sight of traffic and anyone walking by.

Propedo also said they're asking neighbours to be "extra vigilant" in keeping an eye on the cemeteries and asking visitors to report any damage to the city immediately.

"I don't want to see this turn into a trend."

The cemetery, in operation for more than 150 years, is the burial location of many famous local names. Hamilton's first settler, Robert Land, is there along with a number of mayors, senators and businessmen. George Hamilton, member of Parliament and the city's founder, is also there.

Other stones damaged over the weekend include those of Richard Rowe (1884), James E. Mathews (1914), Ralph H. Caddy (1880) and Jefferson Holden (1876).

"This is our history," said Robin McKee, who organizes tours of the cemetery. "It's terrible. It's so disrespectful."