Posted on 11/10/2026 4:03:30 PM PST by CondoleezzaProtege
Members of the Kennedy family called President Donald Trump's plans for a 250-foot arch. close to the Arlington National Cemetery a 'permanent denigration' of their relatives' grave sites, in a court filing Tuesday.
The filing to the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia by late Senator Robert F. Kennedy's children called for an injunction on the work planned by the Trump administration to build the arch. on a traffic circle between the cemetery and the Lincoln Memorial.
The family argued that the arch. would cast shadows that would fall on the grave sites of Senator Kennedy, President John F. Kennedy, and other relatives. They also said a view the former president enjoyed so much would be lost.
"That constitutes nothing less than a permanent denigration of the Kennedy Gravesites and the final resting place for Plaintiffs’ parents and grandparents," they wrote in the filing.
On November 5, a judge temporarily blocked construction following legal challenges. Newsweek reached out to the White House for comment Tuesday evening.
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If Ted’s grave is there it’s a travesty.
Another piece of crap article posted from an establishment TDS Trump turd.
My parents are buried there, and my opinion counts a hell of a lot more than theirs does.
Yep. I agree. On and off this forum, including the person who posted it and those who support her/him/it on this forum.
You should see what the cemetery's riding mower does to my parents' and grandparents' gravesites, but then I'm just a prole.
It’s not going to be useless.
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“[Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne] Mullin told the court that the arch was ‘intended to incorporate a number of features that will support national security.’
No changes would be needed to the design of the arch to convert it into a base of anti-drone operations, both [Mullin and Hegseth] said in their statements.”
What is the carbon footprint for the JFK Eternal Flame?
The US is broke. The triumphal arch is just one big Learing Center.
I like the Arch except for the winged figure, which appears to be too large, at least to my eye—although on the other hand, 3-dimensional artists have used the method of making the top portions of a tall figure larger than normal so that they will look more proportionate to the viewer who is looking up. Michelangelo designed the David statue in the Vatican that way.
As for snarling traffic, the traffic has already been snarled around that circle for decades. The existing slow pace will give plenty of time for rubbernecking at the Arch, which will be ignored after the first couple of weeks of commuting.
I don’t think their complaints will succeed. Who do they think they are, George Floyd’s family?
I like it!
Uh, the leftists removed the Confederate Memorial. Since Trump came back, there are now "plans" to put it back; but stay tuned now that the midterms have once again threatened world peace, not even to mention Arlington Cemetery. The wokeists wanted to remove all the confederate graves, but settled for the monument.
so what...
“Why do we need an arch again?”
Trump is not satisfied with all of the Golden Arches already positioned all over the USA?
Along with the Biden crime family and the Clinton crime cartel.
lol
Amanda Mitchum, an official with the Cachil Dehe Band of Wintun Indians, during the debate over California’s proposed Sites Reservoir following the approval of a key water-right permit on November 4, 2026, criticized the project as “cultural genocide”.
She stated, “If this reservoir goes through, you will literally be covering up the footprints and trails that my father walked with his mother, he walked with me, and I walk with my children. And that’ll all be gone.”
The Sites Reservoir is a planned $7 billion to $9 billion off-stream storage facility in Glenn and Colusa counties. It is designed to hold up to 1.5 million acre-feet of water diverted from the Sacramento River during wet periods.
Alongside Mitchum, leaders from several Northern California tribes—including the Cachil Dehe Band of Wintun Indians and the Chhé’ee Fókaa Band of Northeastern Pomo—argue the project will submerge documented ancestral burial grounds, village sites, and sacred landmarks. Environmental groups like Save California Salmon also oppose the permit over concerns that diverting river water will harm endangered salmon and degrade water quality.
State officials, including Governor Gavin Newsom, maintain that the reservoir is critical infrastructure for climate resilience. Supporters point out that it will be California’s largest new reservoir in nearly 50 years, capturing storm runoff to supply roughly 4.5 million homes during severe droughts.
Why only 75’ tall?
No one uses that many places........worthless after 4 places....lol
I think the Kennedy’s reason don’t carry more weight - and should not - than anyone else buried at Arlington.
Am not in favor of the arch being built. The argument that some use - that the US is the only Western nation whose capital does not have an arch seems irrelevant. Not all have an obelisk. The US does not have a single national cenotaph.
Not having an arch does not seem a compelling reason to have an arch. Nor does the arch design and process review seem to be one that is deliberate and thoughtful. It seems very focused because one person - President Trump
- wants it built. Name one other national monument or memorial in Washington that was built using that process - that the President wants it done as the overriding reason. Not the Lincoln Memorial, or the Washington Monument, nor the Vietnam Veteran’s Memorial.
The ballroom is a perfectly reasonable endeavor. I guess I just assumed the White House always had one. It wasn't until Trump knocked down the "historically significant" FDR-era FLOTUS staff offices to build the ballroom did I learn that all White House events were held outside on the lawn under tents.
Seriously?
I hope he's allowed to finish it.
Sure, the Democrat presidential candidates will campaign on tearing it down but we all know they'll do no such thing if elected. They'll rename it after Hillary Clinton and use it as a ballroom.
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