Authored by Aldgra Fredly via The Epoch Times,
Nine Kennedy family members sued on Nov. 10 to block President Donald Trump's planned construction of a triumphal arch in the nation's capital, saying it would cast shadows over their relatives' graves at Arlington National Cemetery.
Trump's White House unveiled plans to build a 250-foot arch in Memorial Circle on Columbia Island, at the western end of Arlington Memorial Bridge. It would feature a mezzanine at 166 feet, a 24-foot observation deck, and a 60-foot Lady Liberty statue on top.
U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan had temporarily blocked construction of the arch on Nov. 5, just hours after the National Capital Planning Commission approved the project in an 8-4 vote.
The ruling followed lawsuits filed by a group of Vietnam War veterans, the District of Columbia, and the state of Virginia. The Board of Arlington County, Virginia, also filed a separate suit to block the project.
The nine members of the Kennedy family have now joined the legal challenge. In a Nov. 10 court filing, the family said the arch would damage "historic
