NYTIMES (David A. Fahrenthold) - Park Service Awards No-Bid Contract to Cover Bridge Statues in Gold
Originally estimated to cost $2.4 million, the government will now spend $5 million to restore the bronzes in time for Independence Day.
WASHINGTONPOST (Gregory S. Schneider) - See what artists want to do with Charlottesville’s melted Confederate statue
The bronze ingots left over from a Robert E. Lee statue that once ignited violence will now be part of a new work of public art.