To Help During Shutdown, Man Mows Lawn Around Lincoln Memorial : The Two-Way Chris Cox said he was not making a political statement. "At the end of the day, we are the stewards of these buildings that are memorials," Cox said.
Chris Cox of Mount Pleasant, S.C., pushes a cart near the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, on Wednesday.
But, today, a South Carolina man, took matters into his own hands and made news by doing what the government won't do.
"These are our memorials. Do they think that we're just going to let them go to hell? No," Cox told All-News 99.1. "If they shut down our memorials, we're still going to take the trash out, we're going to clean the windows, we're going to cut the grass, we're going to pull the weeds, we're going to do the tree work."
"The building behind me serves as a moral compass, not only for our country but for the world. And over my dead body are we going to find trash pouring out of these trash cans," he said. "At the end of the day, we are the stewards of these buildings that are memorials."