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'Do black vets count?': Lincoln and WWII Memorial among DC landmarks vandalized during riots
Washington Examiner ^ | 5/31/20 | Dominick Mastrangelo

Posted on 06/01/2020 12:27:08 AM PDT by Its All Over Except ...

The morning after peaceful protests in Washington, D.C., turned violent, images show several historic landmarks have been defaced or fallen victim to vandalism.

"Y'all not tired yet," was spray-painted outside the Lincoln Memorial, while "Do black vets count?" was seen written on the World War II Memorial.

In the wake of last night's demonstrations, there are numerous instances of vandalism to sites around the National Mall," the National Parks Service said in a tweet Sunday. "For generations the Mall has been our nation’s premier civic gathering space for non-violent demonstrations, and we ask individuals to carry on that tradition."

Washington, D.C., reported massive looting and destruction of property in Georgetown and City Center overnight Saturday. Businesses in the district have been urged by government officials to stay shut down overnight Sunday as more demonstrations are expected.

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TOPICS: News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: District of Columbia
KEYWORDS: insurrection; looting; rioters; riots; wilding
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1 posted on 06/01/2020 12:27:08 AM PDT by Its All Over Except ...
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I remember when Trump said they would eventually come after Washington and Jefferson monuments, but I never dreamed they would come after Lincoln...


2 posted on 06/01/2020 12:29:52 AM PDT by Its All Over Except ... (If You Haven't Realized You Are In Clown World Then You Have Spent Too Much Time At The Circus)
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I heard Birmingham AL had some Confederate statues toppled.

I have been of the belief that until the South could reach an agreement about how to deal with Confederacy-related statues on public property (either choosing to remove of move into museum) or even Confederacy symbols on state flags — that the ghosts of the past would remain and tensions would never heal.

Lincoln wanted so badly to oversee a well laid-out reconciliation process between North and South..but alas, he was assassinated before he could implement his vision. Southern ‘Reconstruction’ ended up being somewhat of a disaster. And the country has yet to recover.


3 posted on 06/01/2020 12:48:59 AM PDT by CondoleezzaProtege
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Anyone spotted vandalizing war memorials should be shot on the spot. Just take him out. No quarter


4 posted on 06/01/2020 1:10:14 AM PDT by LeoWindhorse
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F’ing morons. The WW2 Memorial honors all veterans of the war. F’ing idiots!


5 posted on 06/01/2020 1:15:08 AM PDT by jmacusa (If we're all equal how is diversity our strength?)
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I wonder if they did anything to the huge new MLK monument


6 posted on 06/01/2020 1:39:46 AM PDT by cnsmom
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I could not disagree with you more strongly. These symbols stood for 150 years, and are part of an important and instructive chapter in American history. Those whom would ignore or deny history are doomed to repeat it.


7 posted on 06/01/2020 2:12:57 AM PDT by dinodino
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Deo Vindice!


8 posted on 06/01/2020 2:16:41 AM PDT by LeoWindhorse
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“The issue is never the issue. The issue is only The Revolution.”


9 posted on 06/01/2020 2:21:36 AM PDT by Old Sarge (Quando omni flunkus moritati)
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The morning after peaceful protests

FY MSM. That is such a BS line.

10 posted on 06/01/2020 2:30:23 AM PDT by Altura Ct. (uNACA)
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I have been of the belief that until the South could reach an agreement about how to deal with Confederacy-related statues on public property (either choosing to remove of move into museum) or even Confederacy symbols on state flags — that the ghosts of the past would remain and tensions would never heal.

I'm sorry but that is an incredibly naïve statement.

11 posted on 06/01/2020 2:33:27 AM PDT by Altura Ct. (uNACA)
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ok to spray “Rapist” on the MLK memorial?


12 posted on 06/01/2020 3:35:41 AM PDT by 2banana (My common ground with islamic terrorists - they want to die for allah and we want to kill them.)
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and as part of that he wanted to deport every black back to Africa.

“Lincoln wanted so badly to oversee a well laid-out reconciliation process between North and South..but alas, he was assassinated before he could implement his vision. Southern ‘Reconstruction’ ended up being somewhat of a disaster. And the country has yet to recover.”


13 posted on 06/01/2020 3:37:58 AM PDT by 2banana (My common ground with islamic terrorists - they want to die for allah and we want to kill them.)
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Apparently we don’t protect historic buildings or national landmarks. Shameful.


14 posted on 06/01/2020 3:55:36 AM PDT by Stravinsky
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It seems all the media wants to talk about is blacks in the war. Terrorism works, which is why blacks keep acting like this. They riot, over and over, and they scare people into catering to the criminal community.


15 posted on 06/01/2020 4:21:12 AM PDT by PghBaldy (12/14 - 930am -rampage begins... 12/15 - 1030am - Obama's advance team scouts photo-op locations.)
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I wonder if they did anything to the huge new MLK monument

MLK wasn't black enough (would not support looting). They'll tear down his monument too. The French revolution is probably a good analogy.

16 posted on 06/01/2020 4:54:20 AM PDT by palmer (Democracy Dies Six Ways from Sunday)
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I would say they went after Lincoln because he was a Republican; but from what I’ve seen on TV they have no idea.


17 posted on 06/01/2020 5:21:08 AM PDT by Vermont Lt
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Failure to make peace with the Confederacy may hold whites back moreso than Black people. Mississippi is the poorest state if I’m not mistaken.


19 posted on 06/01/2020 12:40:53 PM PDT by CondoleezzaProtege
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huh?


20 posted on 06/01/2020 12:44:05 PM PDT by Osage Orange (Mar's isn't a place to raise your kid...)
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