HUFFPOST (U.S. News) - Trump Tells Smithsonian Institution To Install George Washington Statues And Exhibit
He also wants a 30-foot statue of Washington to replace the current “Infinity” sculpture by New York artist Jose de Rivera.
NYTIMES (Jennifer Schuessler) - Trump Demands Smithsonian Install ‘Colossus’ George Washington Statue
The president’s latest attack on the National Museum of American History reflects his longstanding desire for “patriotic” history.
THEFEDERALIST (Christopher Jacobs) - New Lincoln Memorial Museum Is Beautiful But Misses The Point
The exhibits not only fail to discuss Lincoln’s life but also the most important question of all: Why? Why this memorial to this president?
WASHINGTONPOST (Dan Diamond) - Trump officials expect final approval of massive arch in November
A top National Park Service official, meeting with preservationists, rejected suggestions to change the planned 250-foot-tall arch’s size, design or location.
YOUTUBE (MS NOW) - 'TEAR IT ALL DOWN': Michael blasts Trump’s vanity projects
Veteran advocacy groups and Democratic lawmakers are teaming up to stop Donald Trump’s plans to build a 250-foot “triumphal arch” outside Arlington National Cemetery. The Weeknight hosts react.
YOUTUBE (CNN) - Trump to restore Confederate memorial & drop slavery context
The Trump administration plans to reinstall Arlington National Cemetery's Confederate Memorial, defying a congressionally mandated commission, while removing language explaining how the monument romanticizes the Confederacy and sanitizes slavery. CNN's Jake Tapper reports.
YOUTUBE (MS NOW) - 'Sacrilegious monument': Veteran SPEAKS OUT AGAINST Trump's massive 'beyond the pale' arch
Retired U.S. Army Major General Paul Eaton joins Alicia Menendez to discuss VoteVets new campaign aimed at stopping construction on President Trump's 250-foot triumphal arch. The group is raising concerns that the construction will interfere with military burials at Arlington National Cemetery.
AMERICANALMANAC (Sadie Smith) - Gateway Arch goes dark until October to protect millions of migrating birds
Officials shut off all exterior lights on the 630-foot Gateway Arch in St. Louis this week to keep night-migrating birds from fatal collisions, a move that will leave the iconic monument in darkness until October 1. The lights-out order covers every exterior fixture on the stainless-steel landmark, removing a glow that federal wildlife authorities say […] The post Gateway Arch goes dark until October to protect millions of migrating birds appeared first on American Almanac .
Officials shut off all exterior lights on the 630-foot Gateway Arch in St. Louis this week to keep night-migrating birds from fatal collisions, a move that will leave the iconic monument in darkness until October 1. The lights-out order covers every exterior fixture on the stainless-steel landmark, removing a glow that federal wildlife authorities say can lure birds from miles away and send them circling until they crash into the structure or collapse from exhaustion. Gateway Arch officials confirmed the shutdown and set October 1 as the date the lights will return, timed to the tail end of the fall migration window. The decision reflects a straightforward tradeoff: a few weeks of a darker skyline against the documented risk of mass bird…Open
WASHINGTONPOST (Joe Heim, Dan Diamond) - Trump officials strip military language criticizing Confederate memorial
A new sign at Arlington National Cemetery omits wording that said the 32-foot bronze statue “mythologized” the Confederacy and gave “sanitized” depictions of slavery.
WASHINGTONPOST (Dan Diamond) - Veterans make emergency request to block construction of Trump’s arch
The administration is seeking to render the project a “fait accompli” by moving quickly, the veterans’ lawyers argued Friday.