Vandals Splatter Abraham Lincoln's Memorial with Green paint

Posted by Cash On on 2013-07-26 0

Officials are hopeful that the chamber containing the Lincoln statue at the Lincoln Memorial, which was vandalized overnight, can be reopened sometime Friday, National Park Service spokeswoman Carol Johnson made this known earlier "The memorial's portico -- the columned area outside the chamber -- should be reopen before that, in the late morning," she said. Workers are cleaning the paint that had been splashed onto part of the marble statue, she added The base of the Lincoln Memorial's statue was splattered with green paint overnight, prompting officials to temporarily close the marble fixture on Washington's National Mall, authorities said.