{"id":91016,"date":"2016-11-09T17:00:04","date_gmt":"2016-11-09T22:00:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/breaking911.com\/?p=91016"},"modified":"2016-11-09T17:05:02","modified_gmt":"2016-11-09T22:05:02","slug":"world-war-ii-memorial-vandalized","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/breaking911.com\/world-war-ii-memorial-vandalized\/","title":{"rendered":"World War II Memorial Vandalized"},"content":{"rendered":"
WASHINGTON – The World War II Memorial has been vandalized with spray paint, the National Park Service said Tuesday.<\/p>\n
Sometime before 10 a.m. Monday, someone sprayed graffiti on the base of the North Dakota column with dark paint. Officials said they were not certain what the graffiti said.<\/p>\n
The Park Service said in a statement that “monument preservation experts have already made an initial treatment of the graffiti, using a light paint stripper to remove a significant portion of the damage.”<\/p>\n
“Applications will continue until the marking is no longer detectable,” the statement said.<\/p>\n
Park Service spokesman Mike Litterst said the cleanup would be much like that done in 2013 on the Lincoln Memorial after someone splashed green paint on its base.<\/p>\n
That cleanup took several weeks of multiple treatments.<\/p>\n
“That’s probably what we’re up against here,” he said.<\/p>\n
U.S. Park Police are investigating. Anyone with information can call (202) 610-7500.<\/p>\n
(c) 2016, The Washington Post \u00b7 Michael E. Ruane<\/span> <\/em><\/p>\n