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To: MinorityRepublican
Why in heaven's name are we emulating the French?

Can't we come up with something a little more original? As opposed to an imperial edifice, how about a structural equivalent of the Fanfare for the Common Man?

5 posted on 09/03/2026 4:14:46 PM PDT by Carry_Okie (The tree of liberty needs a rope.)
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To: Carry_Okie

Tell it to Jefferson...


10 posted on 09/03/2026 4:30:40 PM PDT by Sacajaweau
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To: Carry_Okie

FWIW, the triumphal arch idea is Roman. Or maybe even Greek before them. Or maybe even earlier.

Point being, it’s hardly a French idea.


11 posted on 09/03/2026 4:34:48 PM PDT by MeanWestTexan (Sometimes There Is No Lesser Of Two Evils)
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To: Carry_Okie
Fanfare for the Common Man...

FYI, the composer Aaron Copland was a Roosevelt and new deal supporter in 1942 when he wrote it. The song has leftist ties.

15 posted on 09/03/2026 4:42:29 PM PDT by C210N
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To: Carry_Okie

Stupid wasteful,distaste monument to Trump ego.

It should never be built.


17 posted on 09/03/2026 4:58:27 PM PDT by hoosierham (Freedom isnt free)
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To: Carry_Okie
Why in heaven's name are we emulating the French?
All will be clear at Trump’s State Funeral when his casket passes through the Arc de Trump en route to internment in Arlington, as Napoleon’s casket passed through the Arc de Triomphe en route to Les Invalides.

You heard it here first, FRiends!

20 posted on 09/03/2026 5:18:58 PM PDT by eastsider
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To: Carry_Okie

There are a bunch in Germany too.

Personally I have no skin in the game and don’t really care. I will never go to that fetid city. However I support anything that drives the democrats insane.


30 posted on 09/03/2026 6:30:16 PM PDT by Organic Panic ( )
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To: Carry_Okie

The arch in the drawing is about 80 feet high. What happened?


49 posted on 09/03/2026 9:54:59 PM PDT by wereatwar (We're under siege, behave accordingly)
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