Seeing Chris Cox pushing a lawnmower across the National Mall Washington , chainsaw dangling from it, one which warms the heart of many who heard about it . " If they shut down our monuments, we're still going to take the trash out , we're going to clean the windows , we're going to cut the grass , we're going to pull the weed , we're going to do the woodwork , '' he told Washington radio station .
Cox , who made the trip from South Carolina who was carrying the flag of the state , saying it " memorial militia " non-political crusade , just an attempt to keep the area between the Lincoln and World War II memorials tidy up before thousands of ex - troops are due to attend the event on Sunday .
Not only is the act of selflessness was to come out of the wreckage of the partial shutdown . On the same day , military charity Fisher House announced that it would pay more than $ 500,000 ( £ 313,000 ) to refuse to pay death benefits to five bereaved families . A billionaire philanthropist has thrown a lifeline to program pre - school called Head Start , to the tune of $ 10m .
When Adam Brown and Joy Miller learned that their location wedding in Yosemite National Park is off-limits , a caterer in San Francisco stepped in to supply food while other businesses provided a location and all the trimmings . "We feel so blessed and honored that strangers have given so much to make our wedding a reality , " Miller told CNN .
People around the world act more altruistically for the common good in times of crisis , says moral philosopher Peter Singer , in circumstances ranging from something like this to war and famine . But there is a strong tradition of philanthropy in the U.S. and there's something about the idea of American evident that individuals can take over the functions of government .
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