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GRAND JUNCTION, Colo.—Grand Junction police are investigating after two swastikas carved on a granite memorial outside a museum were vandalized.
Authorities say someone used a concrete-like substance to cover over the two swastikas carved into a 6,000-pound rock that was placed in front of the Museum of the West.
The swastikas were carved into the boulder about 1915 as a memorial to John Otto, who worked for federal protection for the cliffs and spires in the Colorado National Monument.
According to the Grand Junction Daily Sentinel ( ), the motive is not known.
The swastika is an ancient symbol frequently used for good luck, but it is also a symbol used by Nazis.
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Information from: The Daily Sentinel,
