Wheelchair-bound WWII Veterans Barricaded From World War II Memorial By Government Shutdown Is A Public Disgrace, A National Scandal

Stars and Stripes reports “Wheelchair-bound elderly veterans pushed aside barricades to tour the World War II Memorial Tuesday morning, in defiance of the government shutdown which closed all of the memorials in the nation’s capital.

The four bus loads of veterans — visiting from Mississippi as part of a once-in-a-lifetime Honor Flight tour — ignored National Park Police instructions not to enter the site as lawmakers and tourists cheered them on.

“We didn’t come this far not to get in,” one veteran proclaimed.” Read more HERE.

Watch what happens when Michele Bachmann and other lawmakers help WWII Veterans STORM the WWII Memorial After Being Turned Away by Park Police. Click here.