The Trump administration revealed designs for a new 250-foot triumphal arch just outside Washington, D.C., on Friday, as the US prepares for celebrations this summer to mark its 250th anniversary.
The neoclassical monument will bear the golden inscription, “One Nation Under God,” echoing the concluding words from the Pledge of Allegiance, and feature a winged Lady Liberty statue at the top.
It resembles France’s historic Arc de Triomphe, which is 164 feet high, and would sit just across the Potomac River from the Lincoln Memorial, at Memorial Circle in Arlington, Va., near the nation’s national cemetery for military veterans. The Lincoln Memorial is around 100 feet tall.
Some vets have sued to stop construction of the project, arguing the arch — which President Trump has boasted will be “the biggest one of all” — could obstruct views of the graves of America’s fallen heroes.
Harrison Design, which did not immediately respond to a request for comment, filed the renderings with the US Interior Department and the Commission of Fine Arts on Friday.
The proposal comes after a federal judge halted Trump’s $400 million project to build a grand ballroom in the East Wing of the White House.
