According to Snopes this is an April Fool prank which was first done in 1993 by Taco Bell. For more information the url is: http://www.snopes.com/holidays/april/pranks.asp In a message dated 3/30/2004 4:26:49 PM Eastern Standard Time, [email protected] writes: It is a shame that we cannot use volunteers to help restore these monuments. In the Pacific Northwest they use volunteers to clean the beach, to rebuild trails, to clean up creeks, to plant trees and vegetation and many other things. I am sure if someone would have asked for volunteer roofers to fix the roof when it was an easy fix it would have been fixed. I will send a letter to Gale A. Norton. It is time for all men and women to get our country back! Sincerely, Judy Minihan