In 2004 I attended the First Marine Division reunion in D.C. The World War II Memorial was brand new then. I had the honor of visiting the Memorial with two World War II vets. That was in August and the Memorial was crowded with dignified old vets and their families. It was very uplifting.
I can't imagine this national treasure swarming with geriatric bull dikes and their freaky followers.
A local vet who was at Pearl Harbor and spent the war in submarines was at the dedication, and he has a picture of President Bush saluting him.