WASHINGTON -
The government shutdown led to furloughs for many park service workers. Now, one man from South Carolina armed with a leaf blower and a push mower is taking it upon himself to clean up Washington's memorials in their place.
Chris Cox calls himself the Memorial Militia and he's been taking away trash, blowing away leaves and even using a chainsaw to clear branches from a path in the area of the National Mall
“Our veterans are coming here in protest and I didn't want to have to see trash littered or spit cups, diapers, banana peels, half eaten apples,” said Cox. “You name it, it was on the ground out here.”
Cox says he's occasionally been asked to stop what he's doing but plans to be there as long as the government is shut down.
Grace, Kathy
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