Every year, for about the last three decades, residents of Glen Carbon on the western edge of Illinois have been able to spend their Memorial Day honoring the fallen at Sunset Hill Memorial Estates cemetery, where more than 1,400 veterans are buried.

For the community of about 13,000, the annual celebration is a significant undertaking: There is a balloon release, wounded warriors speak and the cemetery displays hundreds of flags.

On Saturday, groundskeepers made a shocking discovery: More than 200 monuments and headstones had been vandalized, each spray-painted with a swastika.

Officials said volunteers swarmed the cemetery and quickly got to work scrubbing. Restaurants and businesses donated food and products, and people showed up asking what they could do to help.