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Iwo Jima Memorial Closed, Barricades Erected
The Weekly Standard ^ | October 5, 2013 | DANIEL HALPER

Posted on 10/05/2013 11:49:24 AM PDT by don-o

Another open-air memorial in the Washington area is closed and barricaded off: the Iwo Jima Memorial, just across the bridge from D.C. in Rosslyn, Virginia. A source sends along this picture of the barricade set-up at the memorial, which is also called the U.S. Marine Corps War Memorial:

"I took the picture yesterday afternoon. Those barricades had been there at least a day. People can still walk into the Memorial area, but for many elderly and disabled vets, it is important they be driven and park right next to the statue," the person who took this picture emails.

"There has been no coverage of Iwo Jima being closed and it is a routine stop for Honor Flight visitors."

The source adds: "This picture is from North Marshall Drive (100 yards up the hill from the 110) facing the only road in and out of the Memorial for cars. There are parking spots for cars and buses right next the Memorial that can only be accessed via this road. Interestingly too, the view you see is also the last 200 yards of the Marine Corps Marathon which is in three weeks. That would be 20,000 pissed off runners who have trained for months."

(Excerpt) Read more at weeklystandard.com ...


TOPICS: Breaking News; Crime/Corruption; News/Current Events; US: District of Columbia; US: Virginia
KEYWORDS: 113th; barrycades; benghazi; bho44; districtofcolumbia; fastandfurious; impeachnow; irs; iwojima; shutdown; usmc; virginia; wwiimemorial
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To: MagUSNRET

I don’t want to PO either of those two groups (especially YOU), Mags. I could move the damned bucket; you film my arrest.


41 posted on 10/05/2013 12:15:55 PM PDT by Carriage Hill (Peace is that brief glorious moment in history, when everybody stands around reloading.)
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To: don-o

Remove the horse and tape and drive around it?


42 posted on 10/05/2013 12:16:27 PM PDT by mom.mom
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To: Cvengr
It costs more money to erect and dismantle the barricades than it would to routinely empty the garbage and leave the place open.

There is no price on pure spite.

43 posted on 10/05/2013 12:16:31 PM PDT by 17th Miss Regt
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To: carriage_hill; MagUSNRET; Clint N. Suhks; advertising guy
Not just barry-cades, but a 500-lb front-end-loader bucket was dropped in the middle of the road. A-holes!

You know I thought the Mahdi's Chicago mafia were clever in an evil, immoral, scheming way. But they are revealing themselves to be dimwit douches in their total misunderstanding of how rank and file Americans will see such actions. As posted elsewhere the USMC Memorial rarely sees the Park Police or Park rangers unless there is a public event scheduled. The Arlington Police sweep the area at night occasionally to let the queers know that they can't openly sodomize themselves before the Iwo Jima statue.

44 posted on 10/05/2013 12:17:16 PM PDT by robowombat
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To: Cvengr

Barrakacades are new and ordered before the shutdown...guess who was planning on making this happen?

(We already stored enough for Inaugurations and huge events!)


45 posted on 10/05/2013 12:20:16 PM PDT by 3D-JOY
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To: don-o

So this is in Virginia? How interesting.

http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2010/apr/20/armed-rally-gathers-in-national-park/


46 posted on 10/05/2013 12:20:29 PM PDT by RKBA Democrat (Power disintegrates when people withdraw their obedience and support)
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To: Beagle8U
I’ll betcha my truck would move it!

I'll bet my bike would- although I might need some weight on the rear seat.

47 posted on 10/05/2013 12:20:43 PM PDT by Riley (The Fourth Estate is the Fifth Column.)
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To: gswilder

More proof it isn’t really about the money.


48 posted on 10/05/2013 12:23:03 PM PDT by Cyber Liberty (It's hard to accept the truth when the lies were exactly what you wanted to hear.)
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To: carriage_hill
Not just barry-cades, but a 500-lb front-end-loader bucket was dropped in the middle of the road. A-holes!

Nah, that's a plastic Jersey barrier in the photo, not a front end loader bucket.

Plastic Jersey barriers can be filled with water to make them heavier, but they can also be drained, allowing easy removal...


49 posted on 10/05/2013 12:23:32 PM PDT by Yo-Yo
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To: don-o

Government by temper tantrum!


50 posted on 10/05/2013 12:23:37 PM PDT by Vesparado (The American people know what they want and they deserve to get it good and hard --- HL Mencken)
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To: carriage_hill
I was thinking more like picking it up and carrying it to somewhere the machine can't get to it. Like at the bottom of a pond.

/johnny

51 posted on 10/05/2013 12:24:15 PM PDT by JRandomFreeper (Gone Galt)
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To: Cvengr

Looks like Barry is targeting a certain demographic. Just let him “barry-cade” a federal program/site that his constituents groups care about.


52 posted on 10/05/2013 12:25:09 PM PDT by machogirl (First they came for my tagline)
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To: Beagle8U

You and I could do it. It slides easily.


53 posted on 10/05/2013 12:25:23 PM PDT by Carriage Hill (Peace is that brief glorious moment in history, when everybody stands around reloading.)
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To: 3D-JOY; All

Has anyone seen any news of the bikers coming to the WWII Memorial from Maryland today?

I can not find coverage of them at all.


54 posted on 10/05/2013 12:25:58 PM PDT by 3D-JOY
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To: Yo-Yo

Unless they’re filled with sand then they have to be cut open.


55 posted on 10/05/2013 12:26:11 PM PDT by rabidralph
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To: don-o

Perhaps the states should start erecting barricades around federal buildings. Maybe find reasons for the power to those buildings to be shut off, too.


56 posted on 10/05/2013 12:27:38 PM PDT by Charles Martel (Endeavor to persevere...)
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To: carriage_hill

Elderly vets would only have a problem until us (relatively) younger vets step in to assist them.


57 posted on 10/05/2013 12:29:39 PM PDT by Bob
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To: don-o
See the end of the article:

UPDATE: I'm told, "The Syracuse Honor Flight just knocked down the barrier and a couple hundred of them are at the Memorial now."

58 posted on 10/05/2013 12:30:01 PM PDT by RightGeek (FUBO and the donkey you rode in on)
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To: don-o

What the?


59 posted on 10/05/2013 12:30:11 PM PDT by Morgana (Always a bit of truth in dark humor.)
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To: Libloather

Luckily... I archived your picture locally to post:


60 posted on 10/05/2013 12:30:31 PM PDT by Rodamala
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