Crews are trying to figure out what’s causing the cracks, and may end up recommending repair work on the memorial.

The National Park Service is just replacing the lighting.

President Barack Obama plans to visit Pearl Harbor at the end of December with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.

Maurice Holmes has been charged with fleeing to elude law enforcement.

The Million Vet March on the Memorials did not appreciate the Conservative agenda of their rally.

Conservative politicians, veterans and protestors descended upon the National Mall this weekend to protest the federal government shutdown, which is now in its third week, while some chose to rally against President Obama.

Meanwhile, those big NPS jerks are hard at work doing jerky things like giving their supercool ranger hats to kids so their parents can take cute pictures of them. Real jerk stuff, you know?

GOP Congressman Randy Neugebauer (R-Texas) tells Park Service they “should be ashamed of themselves.”

“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.