A U.S. Park Police officer spotted the man using a penny to carve the letters “HYPT MAEK” into one of the pillars on the north side of the memorial. Nurtilek Bakirov, 21, was charged with ...

POULTNEY, Vt. (AP) — Poultney sculptor Kerry O. Furlani is preserving the ancient art of letter carving in slate, bringing a contemporary edge to a New England tradition.