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Ignoring tire tracks, NPS hunts mystery Reflecting Pool vandal

The Park Service has reported the matter to the Park Service, and justice is presumably circling the basin looking for parking.

Jason Weisberger
Jun 25, 2026
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The Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool mystery has everything: alleged vandals, a $16 million rush job, algae, peeling blue coating, and one enormous clue shaped like the presidential motorcade that drove across the freshly coated empty pool before it was refilled.

AP reports that the Park Service reported the damage to the U.S. Park Police, which is also …

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