Posted on Sat, Apr 10, 2010 : 10:20 a.m.
University of Michigan police looking for missing historical marker
By AnnArbor.com Staff
University of Michigan police are asking for the public's help to find a historical marker that went missing sometime over the past five months.
Police said a bronze plaque was removed from its mount. The plaque dates back to 1925 and commemorates the Michigan "Scabbard & Blade" regiment.
The plaque is about 2 feet by 2 feet. It was adhered to a large rock at the base of the flagpole at the north edge of the Diag.
A value of the plaque was not available today. Police released information about the theft this week and asked anyone who has information on the whereabouts of the plaque to call campus police at 734-763-1131.
This plaque went missing.
Photo courtesy of the U-M Department of Public Safety
Comments
Phil Dokas
Sun, Jun 27, 2010 : 11:24 a.m.
Was the Scabbard & Blade plaque ever found?
Jens Zorn
Sun, Apr 11, 2010 : 3:46 p.m.
Several years ago the bronze bust of our Nobel Prize winner Martinus Veltman was ripped from its outdoor display mount on the UM campus. The theft was reported to Campus Police who looked for it in vain until by fortunate, inadvertent coincidence some months later, it was found in the custody of the Ann Arbor Police. They had retrieved the bust the day after the original theft as a consequence of another incident and had put it into their evidence storage. Eventually, after more time had passed, someone connected the dots and we got Veltman back. He's now safely behind glass inside Randall Lab.
treetowncartel
Sun, Apr 11, 2010 : 8:56 a.m.
This stuff is all being colected for a time capsule at a yet to be disclosed unnecessary public building project.
dading dont delete me bro
Sat, Apr 10, 2010 : 2:50 p.m.
hmmmmmmmm..........fraternity scavenger hunt? i.e. field turf, plaque...?
Wystan Stevens
Sat, Apr 10, 2010 : 2:02 p.m.
That's a lousy photo of the plaque. Phil Dokas has a much clearer one, on Flickr: http://www.flickr.com/photos/dokas/502635610/sizes/l/
Phil Dokas
Sat, Apr 10, 2010 : 1:59 p.m.
Three years ago I took a larger photo of this plaque and put it over yonder: http://flickr.com/dokas/502635610/
psaume23
Sat, Apr 10, 2010 : 12:34 p.m.
With the recent theft of part of the football field turf and now this, maybe some company in A2 should consider sponsoring a "tip line" and offering a cash reward leading to the arrest of the thieves. Also, hopefully UMPD or AAPD has the benefit of video cameras covering areas of campus.
actionjackson
Sat, Apr 10, 2010 : 10:17 a.m.
Where was this plaque's original location?