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**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 pic.twitter.com/bY9b9dn1A7

— Jamie Forzato (@jamieforzato) October 13, 2013

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

#barrycades now gone at WWII memorial @TwitchyTeam @michellemalkin pic.twitter.com/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… pic.twitter.com/XQc0YKWXkM

— Eleanor Lange (@lanele123) October 13, 2013

#barrycades now at White House South lawn #tcot #shutdown @TwitchyTeam pic.twitter.com/VemOljpn3Z

— ibreakthings (D) (@Kudzu81) October 13, 2013

Awesome! Protesters take down barricades around WWII memorial and stacked them in front of White House #1MVetMarch pic.twitter.com/imqbCXtJgD

— Aaron Woodard (@MAaron_Woodard) October 13, 2013

https://twitter.com/Just_a_Texan/status/389452806920216576

The gates at the Lincoln Memorial were equally ineffective.

Naturally, there’s a heavy police presence.

https://twitter.com/GabrielTompkins/status/389466900310142977

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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