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The World War II memorial in Washington was vandalized with bubbly soap and graffiti earlier this week
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prompting vows from the U.S. government to find the person at fault
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The fountain bubbled over with suds, and a message was spray-painted on the memorial
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which was also splattered with paint. Visitors said the act was inappropriate and upsetting
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Just found out that there was something going on over here, and I'm a patriot for many years
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My family has a long history of being military members. And I have my grandchildren here to come see the World War II Memorial
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They're here from Vermont for one day. And I find out that the memorial is closed because of vandalism
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And this is very disappointing. President Donald Trump took to social media about the incident
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writing on Truth Social that authorities were, quote, on her trail after video on Facebook emerged apparently showing someone perpetrating the vandalism
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Hours later, a woman was arrested and charged with two felony counts for the vandalism
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according to the Office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia. Dedicated in 2004, the World War II memorial features 56 granite pillars
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around the edge of an elliptical plaza on the National Mall as a monument to the 400,000 Americans who died
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and 16 million who served in the armed forces during the conflict
