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Workers put the final touches on the Disabled Veterans Memorial on C Street and 2nd Street in Southwest, Washington, D.C., Wednesday, August 27, 2014. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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Workers put the final touches on the Disabled Veterans Memorial on C Street and 2nd Street in Southwest, Washington, D.C., Wednesday, August 27, 2014. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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Electrician Solomon Rivera, right, sets up the controls for a water and fire portion of the Disabled Veterans Memorial on C Street and 2nd Street in Southwest, Washington, D.C., Wednesday, August 27, 2014. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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Worker Victor Bonilla pulls off protective material to reveal large glass panels of inscriptions at the Disabled Veterans Memorial on C Street and 2nd Street in Southwest, Washington, D.C., Wednesday, August 27, 2014. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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Workers put the final touches on the Disabled Veterans Memorial on C Street and 2nd Street in Southwest, Washington, D.C., Wednesday, August 27, 2014. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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Electrician Solomon Rivera, right, sets up the controls for a water and fire portion of the Disabled Veterans Memorial on C Street and 2nd Street in Southwest, Washington, D.C., Wednesday, August 27, 2014. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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Workers put the final touches on the Disabled Veterans Memorial on C Street and 2nd Street in Southwest, Washington, D.C., Wednesday, August 27, 2014. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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Workers put the final touches on the Disabled Veterans Memorial on C Street and 2nd Street in Southwest, Washington, D.C., Wednesday, August 27, 2014. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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Workers put the final touches on the Disabled Veterans Memorial on C Street and 2nd Street in Southwest, Washington, D.C., Wednesday, August 27, 2014. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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Worker Victor Bonilla pulls off protective material to reveal large glass panels of inscriptions at the Disabled Veterans Memorial on C Street and 2nd Street in Southwest, Washington, D.C., Wednesday, August 27, 2014. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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Workers put the final touches on the Disabled Veterans Memorial on C Street and 2nd Street in Southwest, Washington, D.C., Wednesday, August 27, 2014. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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Workers put the final touches on the Disabled Veterans Memorial on C Street and 2nd Street in Southwest, Washington, D.C., Wednesday, August 27, 2014. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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Workers put the final touches on the Disabled Veterans Memorial on C Street and 2nd Street in Southwest, Washington, D.C., Wednesday, August 27, 2014. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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Workers put the final touches on the Disabled Veterans Memorial on C Street and 2nd Street in Southwest, Washington, D.C., Wednesday, August 27, 2014. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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Workers put the final touches on the Disabled Veterans Memorial on C Street and 2nd Street in Southwest, Washington, D.C., Wednesday, August 27, 2014. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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Workers put the final touches on the Disabled Veterans Memorial on C Street and 2nd Street in Southwest, Washington, D.C., Wednesday, August 27, 2014. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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The British Embassy in Washington, D.C., issued an apology Sunday after receiving a wave of backlash for tweets that celebrated the 1814 burning of the White House. (Twitter/@UKinUSA)

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Washington, D.C. Interim Fire Chief Eugene Jones at Engine 11 in Colombia Heights, Washington, D.C., Friday, August 22, 2014. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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Washington, D.C. Interim Fire Chief Eugene Jones at Engine 11 in Colombia Heights, Washington, D.C., Friday, August 22, 2014. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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Washington, D.C. Interim Fire Chief Eugene Jones at Engine 11 in Colombia Heights, Washington, D.C., Friday, August 22, 2014. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)