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Heather Cox Richardson minces no words.
https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/may-23-2026
The proposed arch obscures the Lincoln Memorial, built to honor the president who steered the country safely through the Civil War, but perfectly frames Arlington House, the mansion built by enslaved Americans and once owned by Confederate General Robert E. Lee. The arch does not frame the nations honored dead, but frames instead the home of the man who led the armies of the Confederacy that killed them.
dalton99a
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Goonch
(5,626 posts)
ChicagoTeamster
(1,275 posts)Totally Tunsie
(12,048 posts)kentuck
(115,667 posts)no one ever said.
Raven123
(7,907 posts)I assumed that was what he meant when he talked about arches. After all they are known as Golden Arches and McDonalds sells hamburgers. The perfect Trumpian motife.Thought it was a two-fer.
CTyankee
(68,511 posts)Raven123
(7,907 posts)bucolic_frolic
(55,894 posts)malaise
(298,133 posts)We have a winner
liberal N proud
(61,204 posts)They have a record of promoting racism
Attilatheblond
(9,275 posts)And we KNOW somebody else came up with this one because Trump doesn't know squat about history or symbolism.
sop
(19,388 posts)karynnj
(61,110 posts)One question I have is if Virginia could stop it as it is in Virginia.
paleotn
(22,782 posts)Unfortunately, the round about in question is on Columbia Island in the Potomac and technically in DC. Virginia doesn't start until you cross the Boundary Channel from Columbia Island.
ChicagoTeamster
(1,275 posts)see Putin and Trump as white Christian saviors. The Heritage Foundation is among them. Funny thing is if Xi or MBS offered Trump enough money he would sell the rest of them out.
paleotn
(22,782 posts)The straight line from the Lincoln Memorial, across the Arlington Memorial Bridge, leads straight to the Military Women's Memorial at Arlington. The arch monstrosity is interposed between it and DC. That might not be a coincidence.
relogic
(259 posts)They are getting too frequent to ignore and seamlessly meld into whatever narcissistic notion enters the empty soul that sits in Washington on a orangish, gold throne only he may squat upon. Its no secret the globulous jelly inside that ☠️ is only useful to him.
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TygrBright
(21,394 posts)...by investing in a number of sledgehammers, and charging people $20 a blow on the abomination.
I'm quite positive that while sledgehammers are relatively ineffective as demolition tools, like water wearing away a stone there would be enough blows to bring it down, and pound it into dust.
And the cash generated could go into restoring the damage at the reflecting pool, the Rose Garden, etc.
It's an idea, anyway...
creatively,
Bright
Pesky1
(88 posts)...rather than tearing down the Bastille.
multigraincracker
(38,079 posts)all over the South on Federal properties.
liberalla
(11,234 posts)Let them learn some accurate history! and get kicked in their butts with REALITY!
Wednesdays
(23,176 posts)I'm sure they would absolutely love that.
Martin68
(28,091 posts)bmichaelh
(1,272 posts)Lee did nothing to stop slave hunts during the Civil War.
When Confederate troops went north of the Mason-Dixon line, they would send Black men, women and children back into slavery; some had never been slaves.
Also, Lee was given the opportunity by Lincoln to be head of the Union army but he refused.
liberalla
(11,234 posts)between our American history and the current day circus events.