{"id":37576,"date":"2013-09-13T10:37:08","date_gmt":"2013-09-13T14:37:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=37576"},"modified":"2013-09-13T10:39:18","modified_gmt":"2013-09-13T14:39:18","slug":"dc-peace-vigil-found-abandoned","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=37576","title":{"rendered":"DC “Peace vigil” found abandoned"},"content":{"rendered":"

If you’ve been to Lafayette Park, across Pennsylvania Avenue from the White House in the last thirty years, you’ve seen the garbage heap that is known as the “Peace Vigil” usually occupied by human refuse. It has been allowed to remain in place without a permit because it’s been continuously occupied by someone for more than three decades. But that all changed the other night when it was left to one of those “Occupy veterans” to maintain the vigil, and probably like his less-than honorable service, he got tired of doing what he was supposed to do and wandered off into the night without telling anyone. According to the Washington Post<\/a>, an alert Park Police Officer found the trash heap abandoned and picked it up;<\/p>\n

Park Police spokesman Paul Brooks confirmed that the vigil was taken down by police in the early morning hours after it was left unattended \u2014 a violation of National Park Service rules.<\/p>\n

The resulting outcry was immediate. Residents of Peace House, a home in Northwest Washington where Picciotto and the other activists who tend the vigil reside, spread the word among supporters and contacted local social service organizations for help. <\/p>\n

[…]<\/p>\n

Picciotto said that the man who was covering the vigil overnight left sometime during the early morning and returned to the Peace House. Feriha Kaya, who manages Peace House, said the man is a veteran who suffers from post-traumatic stress disorder.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Yeah, all veterans have PTSD, or didn’t you know that. Well, thankfully, the trash heap has been returned to the filthy hippies and they’ve piled it back up in front of the White House. Whew. We almost had a nuclear war there for a minute without the “peace vigil” to remind us of peace. <\/p>\n

Thanks to Bobo for the link.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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