As Twitchy reported yesterday, participants in the the Million Vets March breached and removed the barricades at the Lincoln Memorial. After yesterday’s march, the Spite House ordered the barricades at the Lincoln Memorial (as well as the WWII Memorial) put back into place.
However, it didn’t take long today for people to ignore the replaced barricades and return to the memorial today.
So much for being closed! @ Lincoln Memorial http://t.co/YfOfLOxM13
— Lydia Ann (@lydiaZORZ) October 14, 2013
https://twitter.com/Kudzu81/status/389792638754648064
Tweeters on the scene are now reporting that Park Police are attempting to clear the area:
Police blowing whistles as they clear tourists from the #Lincoln memorial #washington #shutdown continues pic.twitter.com/lChmyF8z2q
— Natalie Wright (@Nflwright) October 14, 2013
Mounted Park Police order crowds back behind barricades from Lincoln Memorial. pic.twitter.com/dljCAnuhhI
— Matthew Clark (@_MatthewClark) October 14, 2013
Just watched some kid do the Dougie at the top of the Lincoln memorial after getting past the police #props
— katie reilly (@ktreilly14) October 14, 2013
Your tax dollars at work. #closed @ Lincoln Memorial http://t.co/9BCiI3GrhZ
— Matt Wallin (@matthewlwallin) October 14, 2013
http://instagram.com/p/fda9LOpKF3/
Paying all those officers to keep people away from a normally unmanned memorial because of the shutdown makes zero financial sense, but this isn’t about logic, but rather spite.
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