Pence helps clean Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington
By Reuters
11 November 2017 |
5:00 pm
U.S. Vice President Mike Pence helped volunteers clean the Vietnam War memorial in Washington on Saturday (November 11) to commemorate Veterans Day.
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