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Notes: Graffiti-covered barriers near JD Vance’s Del Ray home painted over

By Vernon Miles
Published September 16, 2024 at 9:45AM

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Chalk messages adorn concrete barriers outside Judy Lowe Park, which is near the home of Republican vice presidential candidate Sen. JD Vance in Del Ray (staff photo by James Cullum)

After concrete barriers were erected to keep locals out of a Del Ray park adjacent to Vice Presidential candidate JD Vance’s home, the barriers became covered with chalk graffiti.

Now, Axios reported those messages were painted over.

The barricades mostly had pro-Kamala Harris messages — generally to be expected in the heavily Democratic Alexandria — but they were at least predominately light messages like “#NotGoingBack” and “Harris 24”

There is no confirmation on who painted over the chalk messages, but Mayor Justin Wilson told Axios the barricades are rented and managed by the Secret Service while the Secret Service and the company that owns the barriers both referred questions from Washingtonian to each other.

Sep 10, 2024 - News
Pro-Harris graffiti near JD Vance's Virginia home covered
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Chalk graffiti on barricades surrounding a park near vice presidential nominee JD Vance's Alexandria home was painted over Tuesday.

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Pro-Harris Chalk Messages Near JD Vance’s House Painted Over
A little park closed off by the US Secret Service continues to make news.

Written by Andrew Beaujon | Published on September 10, 2024


Photographs by Andrew Beaujon.

A painter on Tuesday covered up messages people wrote in chalk on the barriers the US Secret Service placed around a small park adjacent to JD Vance’s house in Alexandria. Cops looked on while the painter worked. The park, which features a tot playground and a labyrinth, has become an unlikely nexus of national and local news in recent weeks. The feds closed it off in late August, then announced it would be open on some days. It’s closed Tuesday. Over the weekend, someone left a box of chalk atop the barriers, and passersby applied messages like “Harris 24,” “Not Going Back,” and “Love Everyone.”

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