A historic mansion in Connecticut that was burned by the British in the Revolutionary War has suffered another injustice the theft of all its copper downspouts. The Connecticut Post reports (http://bit.ly/ox53g4 ) that downspouts at the Burr Homestead in Fairfield were reported stolen on Tuesday. Police believe the thieves were interested in selling the copper for scrap metal. The 100 feet of downspouts were worth an estimated $5,000.
Metal taken from Conn. home once burned by British
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