In a sign of America’s hard times, nothing seems to be off limits. A bronze sword that was on top of President Abraham Lincoln’s tomb has been stolen.

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (CBS/AP) – Thieves have nabbed a 3-foot-long copper sword atop Lincoln’s Tomb in what is believed to be the first theft at the site in more than a century.

An employee noticed last week that the sword was cut from a statue of a Civil War artillery officer, the (Springfield) State Journal-Register reported Saturday. Officials think the sword was stolen sometime between September and early November.

Such a shame.