U.S. authorities are investigating whether a Chinese-born woman is responsible for the worst series of vandalism of historic sites in Washington in recent years.
Vandalism in Washington
![National Park Service employees clean green paint from the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, July 26, 2013.](https://gdb.voanews.com/3dea49cb-6ecb-4436-8e91-9d398afccd89_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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National Park Service employees clean green paint from the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, July 26, 2013.
![Green paint is splattered on the base of the statue of Abraham Lincoln at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, July 26, 2013.](https://gdb.voanews.com/4578f645-348d-42f4-a34b-6a15ba4ee430_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Green paint is splattered on the base of the statue of Abraham Lincoln at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, July 26, 2013.
![A close up shows markings in green paint on the base of a statue of Joseph Henry, the first secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, outside the institution's Washington headquarters, July 29, 2013.](https://gdb.voanews.com/4768d61e-a581-43c8-898d-49ee3dfa25a3_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A close up shows markings in green paint on the base of a statue of Joseph Henry, the first secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, outside the institution's Washington headquarters, July 29, 2013.
![Live news television vans are parked alongside a statue of Joseph Henry, the first secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, after it was vandalized with green paint, outside the institution's Washington headquarters, July 29, 2013.](https://gdb.voanews.com/bcc706a8-4f27-4a42-adab-42fc7688a766_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Live news television vans are parked alongside a statue of Joseph Henry, the first secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, after it was vandalized with green paint, outside the institution's Washington headquarters, July 29, 2013.