**Written by Doug Powers

Question: How long did this “Barry-cade” at the World War II Memorial hold up at the start of today’s “Million Vet March” in D.C.?

These #vets drove from #texas to WWII Memorial for #1milvetmarch @wtop http://t.co/bY9b9dn1A7—
Jamie Forzato (@jamieforzato) October 13, 2013

Answer (which you probably guessed): “Not very long”:

#barrycades now gone at WWII memorial @TwitchyTeam @michellemalkin http://t.co/T122V9sp76—
ibreakthings (D) (@Kudzu81) October 13, 2013

But at least the participants were kind enough to return them to the White House:

THE BEST PIC YET FROM DC…DISABLED VET CARRYING BARRY-CADE TO PLACE IN FRONT OF WHITE HOUSE … GODSPEED SIR… http://t.co/XQc0YKWXkM—
Eleanor Lange (@lanele123) October 13, 2013

#barrycades now at White House South lawn #tcot #shutdown @TwitchyTeam http://t.co/VemOljpn3Z—
ibreakthings (D) (@Kudzu81) October 13, 2013

Awesome! Protesters take down barricades around WWII memorial and stacked them in front of White House #1MVetMarch http://t.co/imqbCXtJgD—
Aaron Woodard (@MAaron_Woodard) October 13, 2013

Sign on barricade taken and left at the White House. http://t.co/ZiTLrehqvq—
Carlos D. Whackobird (@Just_a_Texan) October 13, 2013

The gates at the Lincoln Memorial were equally ineffective.

Naturally, there’s a heavy police presence.

Look what the police just pulled up with in DC http://t.co/qKmBy02zIu—
El Rushbo II (@GabrielTompkins) October 13, 2013

Presumably that’s just a “Rapid Response Barry-cade Reconstruction Team” and later some of them will be paid overtime to put the barriers back up at the memorials.

Has anybody done a study to find out how much more they’re spending to keep the D.C. memorials closed off than it costs to leave them open to the public?

Tons more over at Twitchy.

**Written by Doug Powers

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