{"id":2605548,"date":"2026-05-21T14:39:01","date_gmt":"2026-05-21T18:39:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/arts-commission-approves-plans-for-trumps-dc-arch\/"},"modified":"2026-05-21T14:42:21","modified_gmt":"2026-05-21T18:42:21","slug":"arts-commission-approves-plans-for-trumps-dc-arch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/arts-commission-approves-plans-for-trumps-dc-arch\/","title":{"rendered":"Arts commission approves plans for Trump&#8217;s DC arch"},"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\">16<\/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%2Farts-commission-approves-plans-for-trumps-dc-arch%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=2605548&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--><p>The U.S.Commission of Fine Arts has approved designs for President Donald Trump\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-hires-new-architect-for-white-house-ballroom\/\" title=\"Trump hires new architect for White House ballroom\">proposed triumphal arch<\/a> on Columbia Island in washington, D.C., on the Virginia side of the Potomac River between the Lincoln Memorial and Arlington national Cemetery. The planned 250-foot-tall structure would feature a torch-bearing statue at the top, flanked by two gold eagles, with \u201cOne Nation Under God\u201d and \u201cLiberty and Justice for All\u201d inscribed in gold, along with a public observation deck.<\/p>\n<p>The updated plan removes four previously proposed gold lions and eliminates an 8-foot base. commission approval-by members appointed by Trump-has drawn criticism from Democratic lawmakers and preservation advocates,who argue Congress should have authorized such a monument. Critics also say the project is a taxpayer-funded \u201cvanity\u201d initiative, while Interior Secretary Doug Burgum defended the proposal, calling it a <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" ><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/project-veritas-strips-cnn-naked\/\" title=\"Project Veritas Strips CNN Naked\">long-standing<\/a> vision tied<\/a> to the 250th anniversary of American independence.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<article class=\"fn-body\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The U.S. Commission of Fine Arts approved designs for President <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"4\">Donald Trump\u2019s<\/a> proposed triumphal arch in <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/washington-dc\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"260\">Washington, D.C.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The monument would be built on Columbia Island at Memorial Circle on the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/virginia\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"96\">Virginia<\/a> side of the Potomac River, between the Lincoln Memorial and <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/arlington-national-cemetery\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"3817\">Arlington National Cemetery<\/a>.<\/p>\n<section class=\"explore-more-section\" id=\"wex-recommended-widget\">\n<div class=\"magazine-container single\">\n<h1 class=\"magazine-title mt-2\">Recommended Stories<\/h1>\n<p>             <i class=\"fa-solid fa-play icon\"><\/i>         <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-grid\">\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4578169\/trump-denies-aircraft-carrier-intimidate-cuba\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Trump denies aircraft carrier strike group deployment is meant to intimidate Cuba<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4578166\/trump-corrupt-elections-third-world\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Trump says US has \u2018more corrupt elections than third-world countries\u2019<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4578144\/trump-unsure-losing-control-senate-gop\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Trump doesn\u2019t know if he\u2019s \u2018losing control\u2019 of Senate GOP<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The arch would rise 250 feet from its base to a torch-bearing figure resembling Lady Liberty at its top. Two gold-colored eagles would flank the statue. The phrases \u201cOne Nation Under God\u201d and \u201cLiberty and Justice for All\u201d would be inscribed in gold lettering on either side of the monument. Plans also include a public observation deck offering views of the surrounding area and other monuments.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The updated design also eliminates four gold lions that had previously adorned the lower sides of the structure, as well as an 8-foot base featured in earlier renderings.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Artist renderings and diagrams for President Donald Trump\u2019s new triumphal arch released by the U.S. Commission of Fine Arts that is planned to be built in Washington between the Lincoln Memorial and Arlington National Cemetery, are photographed Friday, April 10, 2026. (Jon Elswick\/AP Photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Commission of Fine Arts, whose members were fully appointed by Trump, approved the proposal despite criticism from <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/democratic\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"1964\">Democratic<\/a> lawmakers and preservation advocates.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If built, the arch would tower above the 99-foot-tall Lincoln Memorial and stand nearly half as tall as the 555-foot Washington Monument.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Secretary of the Interior <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/doug-burgum\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"5973\">Doug Burgum<\/a> defended the proposal during a meeting last month with the Trump-appointed commission.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cPresident Trump believes that this year\u2019s celebration of 250 years of American independence is the perfect moment to finally realize this long-standing, over-century-old vision for Columbia Island,\u201d Burgum said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Critics of the project have challenged the administration\u2019s plan, arguing that <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/congress\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"31\">Congress<\/a> was needed to authorize such a monument.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/congressional\/4460164\/trump-endorsement-tracker-gop-2026-election-primaries\/\"><strong>TRUMP ENDORSEMENT TRACKER: HERE\u2019S WHO THE PRESIDENT HAS PICKED IN GOP MIDTERM ELECTION PRIMARIES<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cTrump is spending your taxpayer dollars on vanity projects for himself instead of making lives better for working people,\u201d Rep. Seth Magaziner (D-RI) wrote in a <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Rep_Magaziner\" type=\"link\" id=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Rep_Magaziner\">post on X<\/a> Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A group of Democratic lawmakers also <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Rep_Magaziner\" type=\"link\" id=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Rep_Magaziner\">sent a letter<\/a> to the House Natural Resources Committee urging oversight of what they called the president\u2019s \u201cvanity projects,\u201d arguing the \u201cbreathtaking scope\u201d of the proposed changes to Washington landmarks demands congressional scrutiny. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The U.S. Commission of Fine Arts approved Trump\u2019s proposed D.C. triumphal arch, to be built on Virginia\u2019s Columbia Island<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4195,"featured_media":2605549,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/AP26139614917734.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[80082,80080,80081,5644,3634],"class_list":["post-2605548","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-approval-plans","tag-arts-commission","tag-dc-architecture","tag-memorial","tag-trump"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/AP26139614917734.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2605548","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\/4195"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2605548"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2605548\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2605552,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2605548\/revisions\/2605552"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2605549"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2605548"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2605548"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2605548"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}