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National Park Service waged war against vendors at the Vietnam Wall. (Originated from Knight-Ridder Newspapers)
Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service
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July 08, 1994 |
Anderson, Paul |
COPYRIGHT 1999 Knight-Ridder/Tribune News Service. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright
WASHINGTON _ There's a war being waged at The Wall.
The enemy? Groups that sell $8 T-shirts, $5 posters, $2 bumper stickers and other merchandise from a half-dozen ramshackle booths clustered between the Vietnam Veterans Memorial and the Lincoln Memorial.
The National Park Service says the stalls ``have created a flea-market atmosphere on park land'' near the National Mall's reflecting pool. The park service is proposing a ban on future sales of anything but written materials.
The vendors _ registered non-profit corporations with titles like Warriors Inc. _ maintain they are within the scope of a law that allows political demonstrations on federal park land, as well as sales of memorabilia…
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