Soldier on monument to get solid footing

The Massachusetts city of Attleboro’s 110-year-old Civil War monument is getting a makeover. The Sun Chronicle reports that the city council has voted 8-1 to appropriate more than $44,000. The 35-foot high granite and bronze monument in Capron Park has been eroded and damaged by vandals who stole bronze cannonballs and a bronze sword from the structure. The statue of a soldier on the top has come loose. • Article