exactly
Oh get this...they got access because it’s being considered a First Ammendment DEMONSTRATION!.
Carol Johnson, a National Parks Service spokeswoman, said the veterans’ groups had been granted access Wednesday because it was deemed ‘a first amendment demonstration’......
The memorial was still closed ‘to the public’, however, and Johnson said other war memorials on the National Mall would also be closed.
But veterans could be seen visiting the Vietnam War Memorial about a half-mile away.
Read more: http://thehill.com/blogs/defcon-hill/army/326107-wwii-memorial-opened-to-vets#ixzz2gaWVDipJ
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