MENOMINEE, MI (WTAQ-WLUK) – Anti-President Trump graffiti was discovered right on the base of a popular tourist attraction at the Wisconsin-Michigan border.
The Menominee North Pier Lighthouse is listed on the National Register of Historic Sites.
“(I’m) pissed, mad, and upset. Why would someone do that?” Amanda Wagner said.
She isn’t the only person feeling that way.
“On a scale of 1 to 10, I would put it on a scale that it was a 10,” Del said.
“It’s a very horrible thing for people to do, we have lots of visitors here who come to check out the lighthouse, this is one of the top places people come, you can see all of the people here now,” Wagner continued.
Menominee police say they have identified two suspects in the vandalism at the lighthouse and other nearby locations.
A Facebook post from Daphne Reems showing the vandalism at the lighthouse has garnered lots of attention.
“I decided to take my dog for a walk and check out the spray paint” Matthew said. “I saw it on Facebook, some gang affiliation signs, as well as poor grammar.”
“It hit Facebook and I would say within seven hours it was cleaned,” Wagner said. “They’d have to had come out here this morning, I’d say early this morning.”
FOX 11 spoke to one of the men who helped clean up the paint. Lighthouse tour guide Skip Heckel says they were notified about the graffiti Tuesday night.
Heckel says it took about an hour and a half to clean up early Wednesday morning.
“I can’t thank them enough, for taking care of it, otherwise that’s why I walked down here, I was going to paint it myself,” Wagner said.
Part of the vandalism in Menominee was targeted towards President Trump and comes one day before he’s scheduled to visit just across the Menominee River in Marinette.
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