D.C. Official Urges 2 Columns Over Trump's 250-Foot Arch Near Arlington
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Updated · The Washington Post · Sep 18
D.C. Official Urges 2 Columns Over Trump's 250-Foot Arch Near Arlington
3 articles · Updated · The Washington Post · Sep 18
Summary
A D.C. official recommended scaling back President Donald Trump’s proposed monument near Arlington National Cemetery to two columns instead of a 250-foot triumphal arch.
The pushback targets the administration’s main rationale: officials have defended the arch by pointing to a 1924 plan for a memorial at the site.
Preservationists, historians and local officials say that earlier vision called for slender columns, not the much larger arch Trump has insisted on building.
The dispute leaves the project framed as a choice between reviving a century-old concept in narrower form or proceeding with Trump’s far more imposing design.