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Posted on 06/25/2026 10:17:25 PM PDT by lasereye
A liner along the bottom of the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool was cut with a sharp knife or razor this month, causing damage to the foam sealant installed as part of a $16 million rehabilitation project, a top official at the National Park Service says.
The U.S. Park Police responded June 9 to a complaint by the park service, said Frank Lands, deputy director of operations for the park service. Lands made the statement in a court document filed late Wednesday as part of a lawsuit filed by a nonprofit organization to halt the Trump administration's work on the project.
The police report indicates damage to the pool, "including a caulk over the foam sealant that was cut with a sharp knife or razor and destruction of delaminating surface material," Lands said. About 70 fence post tops were also thrown into the pool, he said.
The statements were the first time the Republican administration has offered specifics for when and how the Reflecting Pool may have been damaged after work on the project was substantially completed.
A spokesperson for the Interior Department said Thursday that public notification about the damage was delayed because, “at the time of the June 9 incident, the vandalism was under investigation and believed to be isolated. So as not to encourage deranged individuals, we did not announce what we hoped to be an isolated incident.”
Around the same time, park service staff "discovered another incident where fencing around the pool had been forcibly removed and thrown into the pool," the spokesperson said in an email.
The department soon noticed that "recurring cases and videos of people ripping at the coating began to circulate. We then knew this was not an isolated incident, but a new trend to attempt to damage the Reflecting Pool".
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To use common English: “Weren’t no accident at all!:
Was there no on-site security, no video cameras?
Trump has never been my hero, but this post is too stupid for words. The guy was in the business of building hotels, casinos, and golf courses. Think for a minute: how many ponds and fountains do those facilities total? To think he wouldn't know what is involved in that pool or what it would take to fix it, or wouldn't know half a dozen subcontractors who'd done them for him before, or would cheap out on its construction is simply idiotic. You've been here a looong time. You should know better by now.
Wow. That is some pretty broad hate for President Trump and people on Free Republic. You need to go where you are wanted. You’ll be right at home. “Good Germans” indeed.
Seek help. Professional help.
My, myyy...we better have you eat a bar of soap with that bitch mouth of yours. We know where you take it.
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