NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! President Donald Trump on Saturday shared photos of a sample test at the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, which is undergoing renovations ahead of America’s 250th anniversary and expected to be completed by July Fourth. The images showed the basin with the Lincoln Memorial and Washington Monument in … Read more
Washington — A nonprofit architectural group is suing to block the Trump administration’s blue resurfacing of the Reflecting Pool in front of the Lincoln Memorial on the National Mall, arguing the government is not following congressionally mandated procedures before changing the historic feature. The lawsuit, filed in federal court in D.C. by The Cultural Landscape … Read more
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump on Thursday went on an unannounced trip to the Lincoln Memorial to see the Reflecting Pool after he had it coated in a color he calls “American flag blue.” He did more than just see it — the Republican president was driven across the new coating before he got out … Read more
President Trump’s renovation kick has now reached the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool. The president told reporters Thursday that his administration is planning to pour down a new surface onto the bottom of the pool, atop its stone flooring. The surface — made out of the “latest and greatest filament” — will be colored “American flag … Read more
The Interior Department has submitted design renderings of the proposed triumphal arch that would sit between the Lincoln Memorial and Arlington National Cemetery. The proposal calls for the arch to be built in a traffic circle on the banks of the Potomac River. It would be 250 feet tall, dwarfing the 99-foot tall Lincoln Memorial. … Read more
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! President Donald Trump on Tuesday said he was working to clean up the “filthy” Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool on the National Mall, blaming the Biden administration for neglecting the Washington, D.C., landmark. In a post on Truth Social, Trump said he was working with Interior Secretary Doug … Read more