{"id":2485,"date":"2026-06-11T18:08:29","date_gmt":"2026-06-11T18:08:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/relocationtimess.com\/?p=2485"},"modified":"2026-06-11T18:08:29","modified_gmt":"2026-06-11T18:08:29","slug":"huge-8647-etched-into-grass-on-the-national-mall-aerial-images-show","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/relocationtimess.com\/?p=2485","title":{"rendered":"Huge \u20188647\u2019 etched into grass on the National Mall, aerial images show"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<button><br \/>\n<strong><br \/>\n<span><svg>\n<\/svg><br \/>\n<\/span><br \/>\n<span>Summary<\/span><br \/>\n<\/strong><br \/>\n<span><svg><\/svg><br \/>\n<\/span><br \/>\n<span><svg><\/svg><br \/>\n<\/span><br \/>\n<\/button><\/p>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li>The numbers &#8220;8647,&#8221; generally used to signal opposition to President Donald Trump, were etched into the grass on the National Mall.<\/li>\n<li>US Park Police are investigating the markings as vandalism ahead of a UFC match on Trump&#8217;s birthday Sunday.<\/li>\n<li>Former FBI Director James Comey was indicted in April for posting a similar display with the numbers.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div>\n<span>AI-generated summary was reviewed by a CNN editor.<\/span>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<cite><br \/>\n<span>Washington<\/span><span>\u00a0\u2014\u00a0<\/span><br \/>\n<\/cite><\/div>\n<p>\n            The numbers \u201c8647\u201d \u2014 a phrase generally used to signal opposition to President Donald Trump \u2014 appeared etched into the grass on the National Mall on Thursday, days before massive crowds are expected in the area for a UFC match on Trump\u2019s birthday on Sunday.\n    <\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/relocationtimess.com\/?p=2483\">Democrats ask Goldman Sachs CEO why he\u2019s keeping lawyer who said she\u2019d resign over ties to Epstein<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\nLive webcam images from the top of the Washington Monument show the numbers appearing as dead grass along a large portion of the Mall, east of the World War II Memorial. It\u2019s not clear when the markings first appeared. The numbers were not visible in photos from Getty Images of the National Mall taken on June 5.\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            The Secret Service deferred comment to the US Park Police, who the agency said was handling the investigation into the markings. A spokesperson for the Department of Interior, which manages the National Mall, described the markings as \u201cderanged vandalism\u201d which \u201cwill not be tolerated\u201d in a statement.\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            \u201cAny threat against the President is taken very seriously by the Department, and our U.S. Park Police will investigate this incident and hold those responsible accountable,\u201d the spokesperson said.\n    <\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/relocationtimess.com\/?p=2479\">How Trump has deceived himself on Iran<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\n            The numbers have been used to signal opposition to Trump, though his administration has interpreted them as a threat against the president. In April, former FBI Director James Comey was indicted by the Department of Justice on charges of threatening the president for posting an image on Instagram showing the numbers spelled out in sea shells.\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            The number \u201c86\u201d is often used as a code in the restaurant industry meaning to get rid of or remove an order or patron, while Trump is the 47th president.\n    <\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/relocationtimess.com\/?p=2473\">The facts didn\u2019t fit Trump\u2019s California conspiracy theory. So he adjusted the conspiracy theory<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\n<em>This is a breaking news story and will be updated with more information.<\/em>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The numbers \u201c8647\u201d \u2014 a phrase generally used to signal opposition to President Donald Trump \u2014 appeared etched into the grass on the National Mall on Thursday, days before massive crowds are expected in the area for a UFC match on Trump\u2019s birthday on Sunday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2484,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2485","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Huge \u20188647\u2019 etched into grass on the National Mall, aerial images show - 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