Hegseth and family clean Korean War Memorial in honor of Memorial Day

U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth visited the Korean War Veterans Memorial Park in Washington, D.C., joining cleanup efforts, and highlighting the significance of the war.

Marking the Memorial Day weekend, Hegseth cleaned the memorial's statues and monuments with his children on Saturday.

Hegseth emphasized that the effort was more than just a cleanup, saying it is a chance to remind the kids what the Korean War was, and why it mattered according to the Defense Department.

Secretary of Veterans Affairs Doug Collins also joined in the cleaning up.