The Kennedy family is not going to let Trump vandalize more sacred memorials and monuments to build tributes to himself. Trump is seeking to build a 250 arch that would be bigger than the Lincoln Memorial and desecrate Arlington National Cemetery.
The gravesites and memorials of hundreds of thousands of fallen American heroes will be desecrated by Trump’s arch.
The plaintiffs in this lawsuit are Rory Kennedy, Maxwell Taylor Kennedy, Christopher G. Kennedy, Kerry Kennedy, Courtney Kennedy, Hon. Kathleen Kennedy Townsend, and Hon. Joseph P. Kennedy II, are the children of Senator Robert F. Kennedy and Ethel Kennedy. Plaintiff Hon. Joseph P. Kennedy III is the grandson of Senator Robert F. Kennedy and Ethel Kennedy. Plaintiff Edward M. Kennedy, Jr. is the son of Senator Edward M. Kennedy.
Here is how the lawsuit described Trump’s arch:
At President Trump’s behest, Defendants have raced forward to build a new Independence Arch in Memorial Circle in Washington, D.C. The Arch is planned to be at least 250 feet tall—more than double the size of the Lincoln Memorial and the equivalent of a twenty-five-story office building. Its location in Memorial Circle would situate the monument on an axis between the Lincoln Memorial and Arlington National Cemetery, obstructing a line of sight that was designed to represent the unification of the Nation following the Civil War and that has existed for nearly a century.
The Arch will also obstruct the clear sightline of the Kennedy Gravesites and the John F. Kennedy Eternal Flame, in Arlington National Cemetery, from the Arlington Memorial Bridge, destroying an essential element of the Gravesites’ design; and, according to a forensic study, the Arch will permanently cast a shadow over the Kennedy Gravesites and the graves of servicemen and women who made the ultimate sacrifice for this country.
The Kennedys are standing up for those who made the ultimate sacrifice for their country, but there is also solid legal reasoning to block the arch.
