DennisMe,

Over here there are no more respected and honored than those who served, especially in WW2. My grandfather landed in Anzio, my other grandfather was a fighter pilot in the Pacific. My grandfather who was a grunt on the ground has some amazing stories. I've wanted to record his personal history for a long time now ... I think I might try and do it while I'm home for Waterfowl Festival this year.

Anyways - the fact that the memorial is "closed" in the first place is a sham. Its an open-air, free standing edifice that has no staff. The effort of closing it cost the government more money than if they just left it open. Its being used as a political football in the way that the stories above are. Its shameful and should be called out as such. After the vets "stormed the barricades" the government came back and wired shut the flimsy things so that they couldn't be pushed aside. I think they're very mistaken if they think that its going to keep those men out of their memorial.