Kentucky woman indicted on charges she damaged the World War II Memorial in Washington
Summary
A woman from Kentucky, Melissa Farris, has been charged by a federal grand jury for damaging the World War II Memorial in Washington, D.C. She is accused of spray painting the memorial and adding bubbles to a fountain on August 13, 2026, and will face arraignment on two felony counts.Key Facts
- Melissa Farris is from Elizabethtown, Kentucky.
- She was indicted on charges of destroying the World War II Memorial and government property.
- The damage involved spray painting the words “Clean hands dirty $” on the memorial and filling a fountain with bubbles.
- The incident happened on August 13, 2026.
- Farris was released after her first court appearance on August 17, 2026.
- President Donald Trump posted about the vandalism on his social media platform, Truth Social.
- Trump referred to previous claims about vandalism at the nearby Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool.
- A former Olympian was charged last month for damaging the Reflecting Pool, but the charges were later dropped when evidence did not support vandalism.
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