{"id":1376545,"date":"2022-03-14T18:07:43","date_gmt":"2022-03-14T22:07:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1376545"},"modified":"2022-03-14T18:07:48","modified_gmt":"2022-03-14T22:07:48","slug":"fact-check-was-the-st-louis-arch-lit-up-with-the-colors-of-the-ukrainian-flag","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fact-check-was-the-st-louis-arch-lit-up-with-the-colors-of-the-ukrainian-flag\/","title":{"rendered":"FACT CHECK: Was The St. Louis Arch Lit Up With The Colors Of The Ukrainian Flag?"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">32<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ffact-check-was-the-st-louis-arch-lit-up-with-the-colors-of-the-ukrainian-flag%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1376545&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><\/div>\n<p>An image <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.ph\/AA6yh\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">shared on Facebook<\/a> over 18,000 times purportedly shows the St. Louis arch lit up with blue and yellow in solidarity with Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p><span><strong>Verdict: False<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The image has been digitally edited. The arch has not been lit up with the colors of the Ukrainian flag.<\/p>\n<p><span><strong>Fact Check:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Since Russia\u2019s initial invasion of Ukraine Feb. 24, numerous worldwide monuments have been lit up in blue and yellow in solidarity with Ukraine. The Empire State Building, the Eiffel Tower and the London Eye are just a few examples, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.today.com\/news\/news\/world-landmarks-lit-blue-yellow-solidarity-ukraine-rcna17789\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Today<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>An <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.ph\/AA6yh\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">image<\/a> shared on Facebook, which has garnered over 1,100 likes, appears to show the St. Louis Arch, also called the Gateway Arch, lit up in a similar fashion. \u201cThe St. Louis Arch lit up in solidarity for Ukraine,\u201d the post\u2019s caption claims.<\/p>\n<p>The image is digitally edited. The original picture, showing the arch lit up with white lights as usual, can be seen on several stock photo websites, including <a href=\"https:\/\/stock.adobe.com\/search?k=st+louis+arch&#038;asset_id=311577848\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Adobe<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shutterstock.com\/image-photo\/st-louis-gateway-arch-reflecting-shining-1561656520\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Shutterstock<\/a>. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/checkyourfact.com\/2022\/03\/10\/fact-check-statue-of-liberty-ukraine-flag\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(RELATED: Does This Photo Show The Statue Of Liberty In New York Draped In The Colors Of The Ukrainian Flag?)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>No pictures of the arch being illuminated with blue and yellow lights have been shared on the monument\u2019s official <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/GatewayArchSTL\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Facebook<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/gatewayarchstl\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Twitter<\/a> page, nor has either page mentioned plans to do so.<\/p>\n<p>On Mar. 8, Republican Missouri Rep. Ann Wagner introduced legislation to have the National Park Service light up the Gateway Arch in the colors of the Ukrainian flag, according to a <a href=\"https:\/\/wagner.house.gov\/media-center\/press-releases\/wagner-introduces-the-gateway-solidarity-act\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">press release<\/a> on Wagner\u2019s website. The legislation is still pending, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ksdk.com\/article\/news\/local\/rep-ann-wagner-proposes-legislation-light-arch-ukraine-meeting-refugees-poland\/63-fa19ed9f-d0bc-4929-9637-9f3f6e9bd48d\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">KSDK News<\/a> reports.<\/p>\n<p>The arch has been lit up with commemorative colors in the past, including when it was illuminated with pink in honor of Breast Cancer Awareness Month in 2006, according to an archive of a White House <a href=\"https:\/\/georgewbush-whitehouse.archives.gov\/news\/releases\/2006\/10\/images\/20061012-4_p101206sc-0524-1-515h.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">press release<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An image shared on Facebook over 18,000 times purportedly shows the St. Louis arch lit up with blue and yellow in solidarity with Ukraine.Verdict: False The image has been digitally<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1376545","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1376545","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1376545"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1376545\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1376545"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1376545"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1376545"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}