A vandal struck the National Mall on Tuesday, scrawling an obscene question on the side of the <a href="https://dailywire.com/news/washington-monument-closed-until-jan-25-due-to-credible-threats-to-disrupt-biden-inauguration/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Washington Monument</a> in bright red paint.
FOX 5 DC&#8217;s Katie Barlow shared a photo from the scene, describing what had happened in a Tuesday evening tweet.
&#8220;Nightly monument report. Someone has painted the side with red paint,&#8221; Barlow said. &#8220;There is an individual in cuffs off to the side and police have blocked the area out to the grass.&#8221;
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Nightly monument report. Someone has painted the the side with red paint. There is an individual in cuffs off to the side and police have blocked the area out to the grass. <a href="https://twitter.com/fox5dc?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@fox5dc</a> <a href="https://t.co/s9HD84kPS0">pic.twitter.com/s9HD84kPS0</a>
&mdash; Katie Barlow (@katieleebarlow) <a href="https://twitter.com/katieleebarlow/status/1572374338447486978?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 20, 2022</a></blockquote>
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A closer look at the words that had been scrawled on the side of the monument — which stands 555 feet tall — revealed the question: &#8220;Have you been f***ed by this?&#8221; followed by a response, &#8220;Gov says tough s***.&#8221;
A large smear of red paint appeared next to the words as well.
Barlow followed her first tweet with a brief video showing that someone had been detained by law enforcement.
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VIDEO: One individual appears to be detained. <a href="https://twitter.com/fox5dc?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@fox5dc</a> <a href="https://t.co/H6fQxaThH3">pic.twitter.com/H6fQxaThH3</a>
&mdash; Katie Barlow (@katieleebarlow) <a href="https://twitter.com/katieleebarlow/status/1572375385823940611?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 21, 2022</a></blockquote>
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&#8220;This is why we can’t have nice things. Some freedom loathing scumbag has defaced the Washington Monument with paint and vulgarities,&#8221; WUSA9 anchor and reporter Adam Longo added.
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This is why we can’t have nice things. Some freedom loathing scumbag has defaced the Washington Monument with paint and vulgarities. <a href="https://twitter.com/wusa9?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@wusa9</a> <a href="https://t.co/xLnk3q4Otv">pic.twitter.com/xLnk3q4Otv</a>
&mdash; Adam Longo (@adamlongoTV) <a href="https://twitter.com/adamlongoTV/status/1572388635705573382?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 21, 2022</a></blockquote>
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&#8220;We’ve gathered reaction from folks out here by the Washington Monument who are seeing the paint graffiti that reads &#8216;Have you been f***ed by this, Gov says tough s***.&#8217; Live at 11pm on @wusa9,&#8221; Longo continued in a second tweet. &#8220;People asking where were police— one person saying they understand the sentiment.&#8221;
Longo followed that with a short video clip showing tourists standing as close to the monument as law enforcement would allow, attempting to get their own photos of the vandalized property.
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Tourists taking photos of the vandalism to the Washington Monument. <a href="https://twitter.com/wusa9?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@wusa9</a> <a href="https://t.co/pkdKCxZAdd">pic.twitter.com/pkdKCxZAdd</a>
&mdash; Adam Longo (@adamlongoTV) <a href="https://twitter.com/adamlongoTV/status/1572403509588561920?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 21, 2022</a></blockquote>
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&#8220;The USPP has an adult male in custody for vandalizing the base of the Washington Monument with paint. The area at the base of the monument will be temporality closed. National Park Service conservators will work on the restoration process. The investigation is ongoing,&#8221; FOX 5 DC&#8217;s Allison Papson gave an update.
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The USPP has an adult male in custody for vandalizing the base of the Washington Monument with paint. The area at the base of the monument will be temporality closed. National Park Service conservators will work on the restoration process. The investigation is ongoing. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/USPP?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#USPP</a> <a href="https://t.co/usVHXvjRAn">https://t.co/usVHXvjRAn</a>
&mdash; Allison Papson (@AllisonPapson) <a href="https://twitter.com/AllisonPapson/status/1572383233077288963?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 21, 2022</a></blockquote>
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The <a href="https://dailywire.com/news/watch-heres-all-the-damage-rioters-did-to-monuments-and-memorials-in-washington-d-c/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Washington Monument</a> was completed 138 years ago in 1884 — and at the time of its completion, it was the tallest building in the world.

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The Washington Monument suddenly went dark on Sunday night after the lights went out, prompting officials to investigate.
&#8220;The exterior lights of the Washington Monument are currently out,&#8221; the National Park Service (NPS) tweeted on Sunday evening. &#8220;We are investigating and will have them restored as soon as possible.&#8221;
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The exterior lights of the Washington Monument are currently out. We are investigating and will have them restored as soon as possible.
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The normally bright-white obelisk was converted to a shadowy stick with only the two red lights still blinking on top to warn aircraft. Social media users noted the odd look, with one calling it &#8220;super creepy.&#8221;
&#8220;The Washington Monument isn’t lit up tonight for whatever reason and it’s super creepy,&#8221; one user wrote on Twitter.
&#8220;Democracy dies in darkness,&#8221; wrote another, borrowing the motto from The Washington Post.
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Democracy dies in darkness.
&mdash; Patty (@pob) <a href="https://twitter.com/pob/status/1353549532202725376?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 25, 2021</a></blockquote>
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The 555-foot-tall monument on the National Mall is one of the tallest structures in the city and residents often use it as a landmark when traveling. It&#8217;s lit up every night, 365 days a year.
&#8220;Washington monument and White House went dark tonight. No one seems to be able to explain why,&#8221; another Twitterer wrote.
&#8220;Bidens energy plan already taking shape,&#8221; wrote another.
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Democracy dies in darkness.
&mdash; Patty (@pob) <a href="https://twitter.com/pob/status/1353549532202725376?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 25, 2021</a></blockquote>
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On Jan. 11, the NPS announced that the monument would be closed until at least Jan. 25, saying it had received “credible threats” after the Jan. 6 riot at the Capitol.
The NPS said some of the groups that coordinated the attack on the Capitol continue to threaten Washington, D.C. The park service said other closures may follow, including roadways, restrooms, and other facilities on the National Mall and Memorial Park.
“Groups involved in the January 6, 2021 riots at the U.S. Capitol continue to threaten to disrupt the 59th presidential inauguration on January 20, 2021. This includes the set up and execution of inaugural events, which occur in several park areas. In response, the National Park Service will suspend tours,” the Park Service wrote on its website.
“These temporary closures may be extended if the conditions persist. The National Park Service will reopen areas as it determines that the conditions of concern are no longer present,” said the NPS.
But some 25,000 National Guard troops were called into the city and there was no violence on Inauguration Day.
On Saturday, the NPS announced the monument will be closed &#8220;until further notice&#8221; as a measure to protect staff and visitors from the spread of COVID-19.
&#8220;Today’s public health closure is consistent with local and federal guidance, including the Centers for Disease Control, and was completed in consultation with the National Park Service Office of Public Health, which is led and staffed by commissioned U.S. Public Health Service doctors and public health professionals. The National Park Service will monitor public health conditions in the Washington, D.C. area, as well as the opening status of other nearby visitor attractions, and reopen the Washington Monument and other indoor park facilities as soon as it deems it is safe to do so,&#8221; the park service said in a <a href="https://www.nps.gov/wamo/learn/news/wamoclosed.htm">statement</a>.
&#8220;With the closure of the Washington Monument, all indoor attractions managed as part of National Mall and Memorial Parks, including Belmont-Paul Women’s Equality National Monument, Ford’s Theatre National Historic Site and the tour of the Old Post Office Tower, are now closed as a COVID-19 mitigation measure. Outdoor memorials on the National Mall remain open, as do public restroom facilities.&#8221;

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The benefactor of the Washington Monument&#8217;s recent renovation told Fox News host Dana Perino on Tuesday that he doubts the District&#8217;s proposal to &#8220;remove, relocate, or contextualize&#8221; major monuments in Washington, D.C., will be &#8220;taken seriously.&#8221;
Philanthropist and Carlyle Group co-founder David Rubenstein, who donated more than $10 million to repair the iconic obelisk after it was damaged in a 2011 earthquake, told Perino, &#8220;There are many things I worry about, but removing the Washington Monument is not something I worry about,&#8221; according to <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/politics/david-rubenstein-washington-monument-changes-jefferson-memorial" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Fox News</a>.
&#8220;Same with the Jefferson Memorial. There may be some proposals around, but I don&#8217;t think they&#8217;ll be taken seriously,&#8221; he added.
&#8220;All people that have memorials or monuments on their behalf have made some mistakes in their lives, some flaws,&#8221; Rubenstein continued. &#8220;There&#8217;s no doubt George Washington was a slave owner, Thomas Jefferson was a slave owner, but they didn&#8217;t get those memorials and monuments because they were slave owners. It’s because of the other things they did.&#8221;
&#8220;So, I think you have to look at the whole context of what a person’s life is. And if a monument or memorial is designed to celebrate somebody being a slave owner, then that&#8217;s one thing. But that&#8217;s not the case with the Washington Monument or the Jefferson Memorial, in my view.&#8221;
Rubenstein, who has donated significant funds to benefit other buildings on the National Mall, <a href="https://www.npr.org/2019/09/19/761868410/our-long-3-year-wait-is-over-the-washington-monument-reopens" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">told NPR</a> in 2019, &#8220;I get a lot of pleasure out of doing these things. And if I didn&#8217;t do them and I died with more money, would I be a happier person? I don&#8217;t think so.&#8221;
As The Daily Wire <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/dc-mayor-muriel-bowser-considering-proposal-to-remove-thomas-jefferson-other-american-icons-from-public-spaces" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">reported</a> last week:
<blockquote>A commission created by Washington, D.C., Mayor Muriel Bowser has recommended a slew of changes to public buildings in the district that includes scrubbing Thomas Jefferson’s name from schools and potentially removing the Washington Monument.
The District of Columbia Facilities and Commemorative Expressions (DCFACES) board submitted its <a href="https://mayor.dc.gov/sites/default/files/dc/sites/mayormb/page_content/attachments/DC-FACES-Executive-Summary.pdf">recommendations</a> to Bowser on Monday, suggesting changes to monuments, memorials, and public spaces to better reflect “DC values.” Bowser assembled the committee in July to “review the legacy of namesakes of District assets.”
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The DCFACES committee evaluated historical figures based on “key disqualifying histories, including participation in slavery, systemic racism, mistreatment of, or actions that suppressed equality for, persons of color, women and LGBTQ communities and violation of the DC Human Right [sic] Act,” according to the report’s executive summary.</blockquote>
Among the monuments the commission recommended revisiting are those commemorating Christopher Columbus, Benjamin Franklin, George Mason, and others.
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This July, I tasked the DCFACES Working Group with evaluating public spaces to ensure the namesake&#39;s legacy is consistent with <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/DCValues?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#DCValues</a>.
They have delivered the report, and I look forward to reviewing and advancing their recommendations.
Learn more: <a href="https://t.co/VpUZf4HcZB">https://t.co/VpUZf4HcZB</a> <a href="https://t.co/tj889EQmdD">pic.twitter.com/tj889EQmdD</a>
&mdash; Mayor Muriel Bowser (@MayorBowser) <a href="https://twitter.com/MayorBowser/status/1300849673272524805?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 1, 2020</a></blockquote>
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President Donald Trump <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/unhinged-manic-rage-trump-blasts-riots-roiling-d-c-and-says-mayor-should-be-ashamed-of-herself" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">recently blasted</a> Bowser for not doing more to quell violent riots in the nation&#8217;s capital, which potentially endangered lawmakers such as Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) and state Sen. Vernon Jones (D-GA).
Describing how Bowser &#8220;often asks for money,&#8221; Trump questioned, &#8220;What are you going to waste it on, mayor?&#8221;
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A commission created by Washington, D.C., Mayor Muriel Bowser has recommended a slew of changes to public buildings in the district that includes scrubbing Thomas Jefferson’s name from schools and potentially removing the Washington Monument.
The District of Columbia Facilities and Commemorative Expressions (DCFACES) board submitted its <a href="https://mayor.dc.gov/sites/default/files/dc/sites/mayormb/page_content/attachments/DC-FACES-Executive-Summary.pdf">recommendations</a> to Bowser on Monday, suggesting changes to monuments, memorials, and public spaces to better reflect “DC values.” Bowser assembled the committee in July to “review the legacy of namesakes of District assets.”
“This July, I tasked the DCFACES Working Group with evaluating public spaces to ensure the namesake&#8217;s legacy is consistent with #DCValues,” Bowser announced on Twitter on Tuesday. “They have delivered the report, and I look forward to reviewing and advancing their recommendations.”
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This July, I tasked the DCFACES Working Group with evaluating public spaces to ensure the namesake&#39;s legacy is consistent with <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/DCValues?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#DCValues</a>.
They have delivered the report, and I look forward to reviewing and advancing their recommendations.
Learn more: <a href="https://t.co/VpUZf4HcZB">https://t.co/VpUZf4HcZB</a> <a href="https://t.co/tj889EQmdD">pic.twitter.com/tj889EQmdD</a>
&mdash; Mayor Muriel Bowser (@MayorBowser) <a href="https://twitter.com/MayorBowser/status/1300849673272524805?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 1, 2020</a></blockquote>
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The DCFACES committee evaluated historical figures based on “key disqualifying histories, including participation in slavery, systemic racism, mistreatment of, or actions that suppressed equality for, persons of color, women and LGBTQ communities and violation of the DC Human Right [sic] Act,” according to the report’s executive summary.
The report targeted monuments, buildings, and parks that honor such figures as the author of the Star-Spangled Banner Francis Scott Key, U.S. Founding Father Benjamin Franklin, famed inventor Alexander Graham Bell, and the fifth U.S. President James Monroe.
The committee also targeted federal property and recommended that Bowser use her position on the National Capital Memorial Advisory Commission to push to “remove, relocate, or contextualize” the following national monuments:
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<li>Columbus Fountain</li>
<li>Benjamin Franklin Statue</li>
<li>Andrew Jackson Statue</li>
<li>Jefferson Memorial</li>
<li>George Mason Memorial</li>
<li>Newlands Memorial Fountain</li>
<li>Albert Pike Statue</li>
<li>Washington Monument</li>
<li>George Washington Statue</li>
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After a survey, town hall, and meetings with residents, the committee said that 80% of Washington residents support a push “to remove or rename assets where the namesake’s legacy was inconsistent with or did not align with the District’s core values of equity, opportunity, and prosperity.”
Bowser has already engaged in other public works projects catering to the Black Lives Matter movement since the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis on Memorial Day and the outbreak of massive protests and riots in major cities across the U.S. On June 5, Bowser had a giant “Black Lives Matter” slogan painted on 16th Street leading to the White House. She named the two-block section of street encompassing the mural <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/protesters-add-defund-the-police-to-black-lives-matter-painted-near-white-house">Black Lives Matter Plaza</a>.
<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/unhinged-manic-rage-trump-blasts-riots-roiling-d-c-and-says-mayor-should-be-ashamed-of-herself">President Donald Trump</a> has criticized Bowser in recent weeks for attempting to appease rioters instead of cracking down on violence that has at times gripped parts of the nation’s capital. On Thursday night after Trump’s speech on the last night of the Republican National Convention, angry crowds met GOP lawmakers and guests as they exited the White House. Protesters screamed obscenities at those leaving and, in several instances, got violent. One protester pushed a police officer into Sen. <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/watch-crazed-mob-assaults-police-officer-guarding-rand-paul-accosts-him-after-rnc-convention">Rand Paul</a> (R-KY) and his wife.
“Today’s Democrat Party is filled with hate,” Trump said the day after. “Just look at Joe Biden’s supporters on the streets, screaming and shouting at bystanders with unhinged, manic rage, right? You see it. It’s crazy. It’s crazy. You ought to see last night in Washington—it was a disgrace.”

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A professor of anthropology at the <a href="https://www.uab.edu/cas/anthropology/people/faculty-directory/122-sara-h-parcak">University of Alabama at Birmingham</a> who won a $1 million TED Prize for 2016 and is a National Geographic Fellow decided to offer some expert advice, ostensibly to the rioters busily destroying sections of cities, on how to pull down a monument in her city.
Sarah Parcak, who has been feted as a “space archaeologist,” as she has used satellites that were first used by the military in her quest to discover ancient lost sites, issued a Twitter thread with specific instructions on how to destroy the monument.
Ironically, Parcak has <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2015/11/10/middleeast/space-archaeologist-sarah-parcak-ted/">stated</a> that her work was also devoted to preventing looting and destruction of ancient sites, boasting, &#8220;Archaeology is experiencing significant challenges right now due to ISIL (ISIS), economic crises, and drops in tourism. Looting and site destruction are global problems. We have a tough road ahead, and one key will be developing more collaborations using new technologies like satellite imagery. I am one of many people documenting damage and looting at ancient sites from space — it is such a crucial tool.&#8221;
Parcak’s instructions on Twitter started with her offering what she referred to as a public service announcement.
&#8220;PSA For ANYONE who might be interested in how to pull down an obelisk* safely from an Egyptologist who never ever in a million years thought this advice might come in handy  *might be masquerading as a racist monument I dunno,&#8221; she wrote.
Just to make certain people knew how sound her advice was, she followed by writing, “My Bona Fides: I&#8217;m an Egyptologist. I have worked in Egypt for 20 years and know a lot about ancient Egyptian architecture. Especially how they raised obelisks.”
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My Bona Fides: I&#39;m an Egyptologist. I have worked in Egypt for 20 years and know a lot about ancient Egyptian architecture. Especially how they raised obelisks.
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She continued: &#8220;The key to pulling one down is letting gravity work 4 you. Chances are good the obelisk extends into the ground a bit, so you want to get CHAINS NOT ROPE (it&#8217;s 2020 AD not BC let metal work for you) extended tightly around the top (below pointy bit) and 1/3 down forming circles.&#8221;
Of course, she expressed concern for the rioters who would destroy a monument: &#8220;For every 10 ft of monument, you&#8217;ll need 40+ people. So, say, a 20 ft tall monument, probably 60 people. You want strong rope attached to the chain&#8212;rope easier to hold onto versus chain. EVERYONE NEEDS TO BE WEARING GLOVES FOR SAFETY (there is a lot of safety first).&#8221;
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For every 10 ft of monument, you&#39;ll need 40+ people. So, say, a 20 ft tall monument, probably 60 people. You want strong rope attached to the chain&#8212;rope easier to hold onto versus chain. EVERYONE NEEDS TO BE WEARING GLOVES FOR SAFETY (there is a lot of safety first)
&mdash; Sarah Parcak (@indyfromspace) <a href="https://twitter.com/indyfromspace/status/1267271820446744578?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 1, 2020</a></blockquote>
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She continued:
<blockquote>You probably want 150+ ft of rope x 2&#8230;you&#8217;ll want to be standing 30 feet away from obelisk so it won&#8217;t topple on you (your safety! first!). This gives enough slack for everyone to hold on to rope, alternating left right left right. Here&#8217;s the hard part&#8230;pulling in unison
You have two groups, one on one side, one opposite, for the rope beneath the pointy bit and the rope 1/3 down. You will need to PULL TOGETHER BACK AND FORTH. You want to create a rocking motion back and forth to ease the obelisk from its back.
I recommend a rhythmic song. YOU WILL NEED SOMEONE WITH A LOUDSPEAKER DIRECTING. There can be only one person yelling. Everyone will be alternating on rope left right left right not everyone on the same side. No one else near the obelisk! Safety first!</blockquote>
<blockquote>Start by a few practice pulls to get into it. Think of it like a paused tug of war, pull, wait 2, 3, 4, 5 PULL wait 2, 3 4,5. PULL AS ONE, PAUSE 5 SECONDS, you&#8217;ll notice some loosening, keep up the pattern&#8230;you may need more people, get everyone to pull!
Just keep pulling till there&#8217;s good rocking, there will be more and more and more tilting, you have to wait more for the obelisk to rock back and time it to pull when it&#8217;s coming to you. Don&#8217;t worry you&#8217;re close!
WATCH THAT SUMBITCH TOPPLE GET THE %^&amp;* OUT OF THE WAY IT WILL SMASH RUN AWAY FROM DIRECTION. Then celebrate. Because <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/BlackLivesMatter?src=hash">#BlackLivesMatter</a> and good riddance to any obelisks pretending to be ancient Egyptian obelisks when they are in fact celebrating racism and white nationalism</blockquote>
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You have two groups, one on one side, one opposite, for the rope beneath the pointy bit and the rope 1/3 down. You will need to PULL TOGETHER BACK AND FORTH. You want to create a rocking motion back and forth to ease the obelisk from its back.
&mdash; Sarah Parcak (@indyfromspace) <a href="https://twitter.com/indyfromspace/status/1267271822430605313?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 1, 2020</a></blockquote>
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Start by a few practice pulls to get into it. Think of it like a paused tug of war, pull, wait 2, 3, 4, 5 PULL wait 2, 3 4,5. PULL AS ONE, PAUSE 5 SECONDS, you&#39;ll notice some loosening, keep up the pattern&#8230;you may need more people, get everyone to pull!
&mdash; Sarah Parcak (@indyfromspace) <a href="https://twitter.com/indyfromspace/status/1267271824460722176?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 1, 2020</a></blockquote>
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WATCH THAT SUMBITCH TOPPLE GET THE %^&amp;* OUT OF THE WAY IT WILL SMASH RUN AWAY FROM DIRECTION.
Then celebrate. Because <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/BlackLivesMatter?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#BlackLivesMatter</a> and good riddance to any obelisks pretending to be ancient Egyptian obelisks when they are in fact celebrating racism and white nationalism
&mdash; Sarah Parcak (@indyfromspace) <a href="https://twitter.com/indyfromspace/status/1267271826398498817?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 1, 2020</a></blockquote>
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Then, a concern for “ancient Egyptian obelisks”: &#8220;OK because this is twitter I need to clarify: PLEASE DO NOT PULL DOWN ACTUAL ANCIENT EGYPTIAN OBELISKS that was not the point of this thread.&#8221;
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OK because this is twitter I need to clarify: PLEASE DO NOT PULL DOWN ACTUAL ANCIENT EGYPTIAN OBELISKS that was not the point of this thread.
&mdash; Sarah Parcak (@indyfromspace) <a href="https://twitter.com/indyfromspace/status/1267273214234898434?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 1, 2020</a></blockquote>
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A schematic:
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Here’s a rough schematic. I note this is experimental archaeology in action! Just my professional Hot Take and you may need more people, longer rope, etc. everything depends on monument size. <a href="https://t.co/lzl55CSPNt">pic.twitter.com/lzl55CSPNt</a>
&mdash; Sarah Parcak (@indyfromspace) <a href="https://twitter.com/indyfromspace/status/1267273933746774022?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 1, 2020</a></blockquote>
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A local reference: &#8220;There might be one just like this in downtown Birmingham! What a coincidence. Can someone please show this thread to the folks there.&#8221;
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There might be one just like this in downtown Birmingham! What a coincidence. Can someone please show this thread to the folks there.
&mdash; Sarah Parcak (@indyfromspace) <a href="https://twitter.com/indyfromspace/status/1267274543774814212?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 1, 2020</a></blockquote>
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Then, possibly realizing she might be in big trouble: &#8220;BUT OF COURSE THIS IS ALL ENTIRELY HYPOTHETICAL ALSO PLEASE DO NOT PULL DOWN WASHINGTON MONUMENT&#8221;
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ALSO PLEASE DO NOT PULL DOWN WASHINGTON MONUMENT
&mdash; Sarah Parcak (@indyfromspace) <a href="https://twitter.com/indyfromspace/status/1267276059608834049?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 1, 2020</a></blockquote>
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