The Pope isn’t the only significant visitor to D.C. today.

They had some smooth moves in the departure hall.

“The Honor Flights are being granted access to the WWII Memorial to conduct 1st Amendment actives in accordance with NPS regulations,” the NPS spokeswoman tweeted.

In quite possibly one of the most badass acts of civil disobedience ever, a group of World War II veterans in D.C. on an “honor flight” visited that war’s memorial today, despite it being closed for the shutdown.