Green stain still shows on Lincoln Memorial in DC

By Brett Zongker

Published August 1, 2013 8:30pm ET

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Green stain still shows on Lincoln Memorial in DC — FILE - This July 26, 2013 file photo shows National Park Service workers cleaning the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, after someone splattered green paint on the statue of the 16th president and the floor area. National Park Service officials say three areas of the Lincoln Memorial statue still show faint signs of green staining after a vandal splattered green paint at the site last week. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File) | J. Scott Applewhite

WASHINGTON (AP) — Three areas of the Lincoln Memorial statue still show faint signs of staining after a vandal splattered green paint at the site last week, National Park Service officials said Thursday.

James Perry, the chief of resource management for the National Mall in Washington, said conservators were hoping a fourth cleaning process would remove the last signs of the vandalism. But they decided to apply a fifth application of the cleaning process Thursday night.

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