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MOUNT JOY – Pastor of the Donegal Presbyterian Church, Matthew Randolph, pointed out some of the landmarks in the church’s cemetery.

“If you go through you’ll see all kind of history,” he said. “In this quadrant over here are your Revolutionary War, War of 1812 markers. The marker down over here is the Heisey marker. He has a World War II marker and his wife is my oldest congregant.”

Twice in the past few months, some of the history in the cemetery, which is on Donegal Springs Road, was swiped.

“The whole situation is sad,” Randolph said. “I mean these are our Saints, and these are the people who have gone before us.”

About 50 American Flags, which mark the graves of veterans, were stolen. The flags were stolen in June during the church’s annual historical reunion, and then the flags were swiped again late last week.

“I’m not really sure why,” Randolph said. “You can’t even begin to speculate on who (might have done it).”

Randolph said one of the graves was damaged.

In both instances, the flags were quickly replaced.