U.S. veterans sue over President Trump's proposed 250-foot "Nazi arch" monument

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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.


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As reported by The Washington Post, “Public Citizen, a government watchdog organization, filed the suit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia and is seeking to halt the project until the Trump administration secures approval from Congress and federal review panels.” The paper noted that federal review panels have yet to receive proposals for the arch, and Congress has not signed off on its construction.

But “in their lawsuit on Thursday, the military veterans and Loth said they were also turning to the court because they did not believe the Trump administration would wait for congressional approval or seek to comply with other federal requirements before attempting to build the arch,” according to the Post, which noted that an Economist/YouGov poll conducted this month found that only 21 percent of adult citizens approve of the arch while 52 percent oppose it. Plans for the monumental arch were unveiled last fall at a White House dinner for donors who had contributed to Donald Trump’s proposed ballroom.

The three veterans of Vietnam War worked later as diplomats and told the court they hope to be put to rest in Arlington National Cemetery when they die. As the lawsuit states, “They believe that the planned Arch … would dishonor their military and Foreign Service and the legacy of their comrades and other veterans buried at Arlington National Cemetery, and would degrade their personal experience when visiting Arlington Cemetery or traveling around Memorial Circle and on the Memorial Avenue Corridor.”
 
Grim Reaper said:

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.


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WASHINGTON, DC - JANUARY 17: A close up view of a sign for The Trump Kennedy Center with its official logo with black tape covering Trump on January 17, 2026, outside The Trump Kennedy Center in Washington, DC. On December 18, 2025, The Kennedy Center Board of Trustees voted and approved to rename the center The Donald J. Trump and The John F. Kennedy Memorial Center for the Performing Arts. (Photo by Erica Denhoff/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)




As reported by The Washington Post, “Public Citizen, a government watchdog organization, filed the suit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia and is seeking to halt the project until the Trump administration secures approval from Congress and federal review panels.” The paper noted that federal review panels have yet to receive proposals for the arch, and Congress has not signed off on its construction.

But “in their lawsuit on Thursday, the military veterans and Loth said they were also turning to the court because they did not believe the Trump administration would wait for congressional approval or seek to comply with other federal requirements before attempting to build the arch,” according to the Post, which noted that an Economist/YouGov poll conducted this month found that only 21 percent of adult citizens approve of the arch while 52 percent oppose it. Plans for the monumental arch were unveiled last fall at a White House dinner for donors who had contributed to Donald Trump’s proposed ballroom.

The three veterans of Vietnam War worked later as diplomats and told the court they hope to be put to rest in Arlington National Cemetery when they die. As the lawsuit states, “They believe that the planned Arch … would dishonor their military and Foreign Service and the legacy of their comrades and other veterans buried at Arlington National Cemetery, and would degrade their personal experience when visiting Arlington Cemetery or traveling around Memorial Circle and on the Memorial Avenue Corridor.”
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Were any of these people complaining about this arch, the same leftist people like Antifa et al who were responsible for destroying and toppling many of our historic statues like that of Washington, Lincoln etc.? Where's the lefty concern about that? Bitch, Bitch, Bitch, that all lefties can do.
 
Grim Reaper said:
I don't personally support having statues of slave owners. They were shitty people who don't deserve shit just like trump.
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Most of our Founders were slave owners, but Lincoln certainly was not. So you say that Washington and Lincoln were shitty people? Okay, we now know where you stand. BTW, you do know that at the time of Lincoln, it was the KKK Democrats that slayed blacks and gave us Jim Crow.
 
Libhater said:
Most of our Founders were slave owners, but Lincoln certainly was not. So you say that Washington and Lincoln were shitty people? Okay, we now know where you stand. BTW, you do know that at the time of Lincoln, it was the KKK Democrats that slayed blacks and gave us Jim Crow.
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Yes your country was founded by shitty people. Now what?
 
Grim Reaper said:

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.


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As reported by The Washington Post, “Public Citizen, a government watchdog organization, filed the suit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia and is seeking to halt the project until the Trump administration secures approval from Congress and federal review panels.” The paper noted that federal review panels have yet to receive proposals for the arch, and Congress has not signed off on its construction.

But “in their lawsuit on Thursday, the military veterans and Loth said they were also turning to the court because they did not believe the Trump administration would wait for congressional approval or seek to comply with other federal requirements before attempting to build the arch,” according to the Post, which noted that an Economist/YouGov poll conducted this month found that only 21 percent of adult citizens approve of the arch while 52 percent oppose it. Plans for the monumental arch were unveiled last fall at a White House dinner for donors who had contributed to Donald Trump’s proposed ballroom.

The three veterans of Vietnam War worked later as diplomats and told the court they hope to be put to rest in Arlington National Cemetery when they die. As the lawsuit states, “They believe that the planned Arch … would dishonor their military and Foreign Service and the legacy of their comrades and other veterans buried at Arlington National Cemetery, and would degrade their personal experience when visiting Arlington Cemetery or traveling around Memorial Circle and on the Memorial Avenue Corridor.”
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Shows how antiquated Trump’s mind and understanding history, he wants to duplicate a monument from the 19th Century
 
Libhater said:
Were any of these people complaining about this arch, the same leftist people like Antifa et al who were responsible for destroying and toppling many of our historic statues like that of Washington, Lincoln etc.? Where's the lefty concern about that? Bitch, Bitch, Bitch, that all lefties can
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Antifa destroyed statues of George and Abe? When did that happen?

Or are you just making up things again?
 
Grim Reaper said:
Yes your country was founded by shitty people. Now what?
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You sure do represent the personification of a grim reaper. May the Christian GOD have mercy on your soulless life.
archives said:
Antifa destroyed statues of George and Abe? When did that happen?

Or are you just making up things again?
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Do yourself a favor by scrolling down the link page where you'll see some of our greatest and most historic peoples' statues that were destroyed and or toppled by you lefty scum.
 
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