It was out on the WTOP newsfeed several hours ago. They didn’t provide any citation beyond it coming from NPS sources.
It wouldn’t surprise me if some entrepreneurial NPS staffer came up with it as a creative interpretation in order to defuse the situation. Yesterday there were 90 vets, a few Congresscritters and several dozen of the vets’ family members
Today those numbers, from reports and pics, were easily double. It was becoming a spectacle that would invariably continue to grow on a daily basis. A spectacle that distracted from and ran counter to the desired visuals and narrative. So an “out” that would get the situation out of the media was quickly found.
Thanks very much for your update earlier.