Veterans Sue Over Trump’s Arch, Saying It Would Blight Arlington National Cemetery and Nearby Monuments
A group of three military veterans and a historical preservationist filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration’s proposed 250-foot arch that opponents contend would mar the views from Arlington National Cemetery to other monuments around Washington, D.C.
At 250 feet, the arch would be more than twice as tall as the Lincoln Memorial. And at its proposed location on the bank of the Potomac River, the so-called Independence Arch would blight “the symbolic and inspiring view” from the hallowed Arlington National Cemetery across the water in Virginia, according to the suit filed on behalf of veterans Michael Lemmon, Shaun Byrnes, and Jon Gundersen as well as Calder Loth, a retired senior architectural historian for the Virginia Department of Historic Resources.