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The History Behind Trump’s Arch
The history of triumphal arches is long and messy. Where does Donald Trump’s proposed edifice fit in?
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Does Congress Need to Approve the Arch? Trump Says It Did 100 Years Ago.
The administration says the arch fulfills the “historic design intent” of a proposal from the 1920s. But does it honor history or flout it?
A photograph circa 1931 of Arlington Memorial Bridge with proposed columns by the architect William Mitchell Kendall drawn to scale.
