The newly restored Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool in Washington will be partially drained this week after being vandalized, Interior Secretary Doug Burgum said on July 5.
“We may be able to partially drain it and do the repair. To be able to fix it, we may not have to drain the whole thing,” Burgum said in an interview on ABC’s “This Week” with George Stephanopoulos.
Vandals are accused of causing thousands of dollars in damages after allegedly using box cutters to make up to 350 feet of gashes in the recently installed industrial liner of the pool.
Burgum said authorities have video and eyewitness accounts of the alleged crimes and the fate of the suspects is up the courts now….