Source: abcnewsradioonline.com --- Monday, July 29, 2013
iStockphoto/Thinkstock (Washington) ? A woman was arrested on Monday and charged with defacing property for allegedly throwing green paint on the organ at the National Cathedral, and investigators are looking into whether she is the same person who splashed similar paint on the Lincoln Memorial and a statue of the first Smithsonian secretary. The three acts of vandalism were all committed within the last four days, and had baffled officials. In the latest incident, the organ in the Bethlehem Chapel of the iconic cathedral located in the northwest section of the nation?s capitol was doused with green paint Monday. ?The paint was strewn over the chapel?s organ console and casework and was discovered still wet, leaving officials to believe the vandalism had just recently occurred,? The Cathedral said in a statement released on Monday. The discovery came three days after police were alerted to a disturbing sight -- green paint splattered on the Lincoln Memorial statue on the National Mall. The statue is one of the city?s most popular tourist destinations. It was quickly cleaned of the green paint, and it re-opened to the public by Friday night. Park police on Monday also found green paint on a statue of Joseph Henry, the Smithsonian?s first secretary, outside the Smithsonian headquarters. Cleaning of the organ has already begun, and a source said the church will be able to remove most if not all of the paint because of how quickly it ...
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