Vice President Mike Pence and Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke got up early Saturday and helped wash the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall in Washington, D.C., to mark Veterans Day.
Zinke posted a picture of them, along with Pence’s wife Karen, bundled up on a chilly morning, wiping a portion of the wall with sponges.
Pence later shared a picture too, saying it was a “moving start to Veterans Day.”
Moving start to Veterans Day. Thanks to @NewDayUSA volunteers who joined @NatlParkService, @SecretaryZinke, Karen & me to clean the Vietnam Veterans Memorial. Also inspiring to meet NPS ranger & veteran James Pierce. To all Veterans, we are grateful for your service & sacrifice. pic.twitter.com/2aCacabxax
— Vice President Mike Pence (@VP) November 11, 2017
This year marks the 35th anniversary of the Vietnam Memorial Wall, which opened to the public in Nov. 1982 to honor the fallen service members in the Vietnam War. Every five years, all the names of the 58,318 casualties of the Vietnam War are read in the days leading up to Veterans Day, the Washington Examiner previously reported.
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