Veterans pass barriers at closed WWII Memorial

  

 

Brett Zongker, AP,

  Korean War veteran Robert Olson, from Iowa, is pushed in his wheelchair by Z... 

WASHINGTON (AP) — Dozens of veterans barricaded outside the closed World War II Memorial because of the government shutdown were escorted past the barriers Tuesday by members of Congress so they could see the monument.
More than 125 veterans from Mississippi and Iowa arrived for a previously scheduled visit to the memorial Tuesday morning to find it barricaded by the National Park Service. Several members of Congress escorted them inside after cutting police tape and moving barriers that blocked the memorial       .full story