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Eugene

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Tue Aug 15, 2017, 08:37 PM Aug 2017

Lincoln Memorial vandalized with explicit graffiti

Source: ABC News

Lincoln Memorial vandalized with explicit graffiti

By SAISHA TALWAR and DAKSHAYANI SHANKAR • Aug 15, 2017, 4:09 PM ET

The Lincoln Memorial was vandalized with bright-red graffiti early Tuesday morning at around 4.30 a.m.

Officials with the National Park Service (NPS) said the red spray paint appears to state “[expletive] law” on one of the memorial’s columns overlooking the National Mall. Another instance in silver spray paint was also discovered on a Smithsonian wayfinding sign in the 1400 block of Constitution Avenue.

Work to remove the graffiti is already underway using a mild, gel-type architectural paint stripper, according to the NPS. The gel won’t affect the preservation of the memorial’s historic stone.


The crew will apply the treatment and let it set on the stone for approximately an hour, then rinse it with “clean, potable” water, according to the NPS. The process is repeated until “all evidence of the graffiti is gone.”

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Read more: http://abcnews.go.com/US/lincoln-memorial-vandalized-explicit-graffiti/story?id=49233539

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