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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It's in DC. The boundary between Washington, D.C. and Virginia runs along the Virginia shoreline, so several small islands near the Virginia shoreline are in D.C.
The Triumphal Arch site is called Columbia Island (Memorial Circle).
Thanks, Liz. I was too lazy to go find the article.
I thought the parallels telling. Both are complaining about “shadows” on their ancestors.
I would be most delighted to that shadow fall on my grave from the West and 12 hours later the light from the sun fall on my grave from the East.
Nice find on your part.
It’s a silly argument.
They are really stretching. There are a few monuments in the way of t he WH to the graves.
It shows their arrogance because their family are not the only ones buried there.
Nice find on your part.
Nice find on your part.
Tacky. Arch of Failures
Does the shadow of the new Freedom Tower cast upon the 9/11 memorial?
For decades I also believed your assertion.
However, I now firmly believe they are truly satanic evil at their very core.
It's the only explanation of the satanic actions they choose to engage in including a deep hatred of America, God and the Founders' Christian based Constitution.
I have very little opinion about the Arch, but saying it would cast a shadow on a certain grave at certain hours of the day sounds like a big deal over nothing to me. Just somebody looking for something to whine about & keep the Arch from being built. When I am buried, I’m pretty certain there will be a shadow over my grave at certain times of the day....or maybe not because the site at the present is right out in the open.
I have very little opinion about the Arch, but saying it would cast a shadow on a certain grave at certain hours of the day sounds like a big deal over nothing to me. Just somebody looking for something to whine about & keep the Arch from being built. When I am buried, I’m pretty certain there will be a shadow over my grave at certain times of the day....or maybe not because the site at the present is right out in the open.
Are they saying it would denigrate the site even more than Ted already did?
The White House has a formal event or ballroom (the East Room) but it’s been insufficient to the scale of many moderrn events for a long time.
(Not only have they been holding things outside in tents - but with Porta-Potties.)
The way I get many things accomplished when working with very contrary people is to do many things, and propose many things. This serves to distract these contrary people, occupying their attention and efforts, while I get things done that they would otherwise be obstructing.
I believe all of those “ego” things are shiny objects that he knows will attract their attention. He knows they are obsessed with not allowing him a win, so he carries out and proposes strategically.
BTW: It will be very easy to determine the track and size of the “shadow” cast by such a structure. A 250 foot building would cast a shadow from ~75’ to 300’. Now factor in the position/distance of the building relative to the grave sites in question, and the orientation of the sun to the building… it might not even cast in that direction.
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