Kennedy family members ask a judge to block Trump's Arlington memorial arch
The family says the 250-foot monument would block historic sightlines and shadow relatives’ graves at Arlington National Cemetery.
- On Tuesday, U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan issued a 14-day restraining order halting construction of President Donald Trump's 250-foot triumphal arch near Arlington National Cemetery, following the National Capital Planning Commission's 8-4 approval just hours earlier.
- The project faces opposition from veterans, a historian, and governments of Virginia and Arlington County, who argue the 250-foot structure would disrupt the solemnity of the historic cemetery and obstruct sightlines designed to honor fallen service members.
- Nine members of the Kennedy family moved to join the litigation on Tuesday, arguing the arch with its golden angels and flame would cast shadows on their relatives' graves and constitute a "permanent denigration" of the gravesites.
- The court's restraining order temporarily halts the project while litigation proceeds, preventing immediate construction that opponents argue would cause irreparable damage to Arlington National Cemetery's historic integrity and the Kennedy family's memorials.
- This decision prioritizes preservation of Arlington National Cemetery's sacred character over development, setting precedent that historical sites and military memorials require judicial protection from construction projects perceived as disruptive to their solemn purpose.
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The family of former US President John F. Kennedy has joined the lawsuit filed against the construction of the triumphal arch that Donald Trump wants to build in Washington. They fear that the tall structure will obstruct the view of Kennedy's grave.
Nine members of the Kennedy family against Donald Trump's project for the construction of a gigantic Arc of Triumph in Washington. At the center of the dispute there is the impact that the structure, 76 meters high, would have on the cemetery of Arlington, where rests President John Fitzgerald Kennedy and about 400 thousand members of the US armed forces. According to [...] The article "The Shadow will darken the graves," nine members of the Ken…
Multiple Kennedy family members seek to join legal battle against Trump’s triumphal arch
Nine members of the Kennedy family announced on Tuesday they are seeking to join litigation opposing President Donald Trump's bid to build a triumphal arch in the nation's capital."President Donald J. Trump is attempting to unlawfully erect a massive arch that will permanently cast shadows over and damage historically significant sightlines to the existing gravesites and memorials established in the Kennedy family’s honor at Arlington National C…
Multiple Kennedy family members seek to join legal battle against Trump's triumphal arch
Nine members of the Kennedy family are seeking to join legal wranglings challenging plans to build the triumphal arch that President Donald Trump wants constructed in Washington D.C.
Donald Trump wants to build a new triumphal arch in Washington. But there is massive resistance against the plans. Now several family members of the late ex-president John F. Kennedy filed a lawsuit.
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