# porta-potties at the U.S. Marine Corps War Memorial **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 29, 2016, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/porta-potties-at-the-u-s-marine-corps-war-memorial/755957 "2016-05-29T01:29:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2016, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/porta-potties-at-the-u-s-marine-corps-war-memorial/755957/1 "2016-05-29T01:29:28Z")
A lot of Veterans will be visiting the U.S. Marine Corps War Memorial this Memorial weekend. They used slit trenches on the battlefield. I guess porta-potties are better than that. :rolleyes: Still, a row of porta-potties looks like crap on a memorial site. Guess we shouldn’t hold our breath waiting on the clowns in Congress to do anything about it. [http://circanews.com/nowhere-to-go-for-visiting-vets/](http://circanews.com/nowhere-to-go-for-visiting-vets/) > [@](#): > > “We’re going to upgrade everything from the top of the flagpole down to the monument,” he said. > > It’s a cool project, and NPS has $5 million to work with to do all the bells and whistles they want. So what about a bathroom? > > “Currently we don’t plan on having the bathroom because there is legislation that prevents us from having it,” LaRocca explained. > > And here’s the reason. In an appropriations bill back in 2002, lawmakers created what is essentially a construction ban on the property where the U.S. Marine Corps War Memorial stands. It was done to keep the site from getting all junked up, but it also prevents the installation of flushing toilets. ---
**Author:** ![alphaboi867](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alphaboi867/32/3898_2.png) [@alphaboi867](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alphaboi867)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2016, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/porta-potties-at-the-u-s-marine-corps-war-memorial/755957/2 "2016-05-29T02:38:26Z")
Couldn’t they have at least trucked in one of those portable restroom trailers? At least they have running water & flushing toilets. ---
**Author:** ![Slash1972](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slash1972/32/6461_2.png) [@Slash1972](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slash1972)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2016, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/porta-potties-at-the-u-s-marine-corps-war-memorial/755957/3 "2016-05-29T03:28:51Z")
I don’t see any gender signs on those porta-potties. How will anyone know which one is the “correct” one to use? ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2016, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/porta-potties-at-the-u-s-marine-corps-war-memorial/755957/4 "2016-05-29T03:52:36Z")
> [@alphaboi867](#): > > Couldn’t they have at least trucked in one of those portable restroom trailers? At least they have running water & flushing toilets. That’s a great idea. Lot better than a row of porta potties. Don’t know why the park service didn’t get a trailer. ---
**Author:** ![mistymage](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mistymage/32/459_2.png) [@mistymage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mistymage)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2016, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/porta-potties-at-the-u-s-marine-corps-war-memorial/755957/5 "2016-05-29T16:13:52Z")
I would say the trailers would be a bit difficult for anyone who is in a wheelchair to use compared to a single stall porta potty. All the trailers I just looked at have stairs. ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2016, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/porta-potties-at-the-u-s-marine-corps-war-memorial/755957/6 "2016-05-31T16:01:37Z")
[http://thinkprogress.org/economy/2015/02/03/3618443/dignity-on-wheels/](http://thinkprogress.org/economy/2015/02/03/3618443/dignity-on-wheels/) This shower/laundry/toilet for the homeless has wheelchair access. It could easily be just toilets. How do handicapped people use a porta-potty anyway? ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2016, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/porta-potties-at-the-u-s-marine-corps-war-memorial/755957/7 "2016-05-31T16:16:39Z")
> [@Rebo](#): > > [http://thinkprogress.org/economy/2015/02/03/3618443/dignity-on-wheels/](http://thinkprogress.org/economy/2015/02/03/3618443/dignity-on-wheels/) > > This shower/laundry/toilet for the homeless has wheelchair access. It could easily be just toilets. How do handicapped people use a porta-potty anyway? [Extra wide unit.](https://www.unitedsiteservices.com/sites/default/files/styles/zoom/public/product/Wheelchair%20Accessible%20Portable%20Toilet_0.jpg?itok=uFHPlFRg) [Door open](http://www.portapottypros.com/images/portable-toilets.jpg) The user does need to transfer from the chair but the interior is designed to accommodate.