2026-09-0512brief

3 Vietnam veterans ask a judge to block digging for Trump's 250-foot arch by Arlington

Interior says excavation at Memorial Circle starts within two weeks.

The administration says excavation at Memorial Circle begins within two weeks without final sign-off from a key federal review body, and the veterans argue that timing is meant to make the arch a "fait accompli."

  • Height: 250 feet, more than twice the Lincoln Memorial.
  • Interior Secretary Doug Burgum set the two-week excavation window.
  • Retired Army Maj. Gen. Paul Eaton called the project "a sacrilege."