Trump’s Washington arch plan includes golden winged figure, eagles, lions and ‘One Nation Under God’
WASHINGTON — President Trump’s plans for a new triumphal arch in the capital, unveiled Friday, include an imposing winged figure with a torch and crown resembling those of Lady Liberty, flanked by two eagles and guarded by four lions, all golden.
The 12-page plan released by the U.S. Commission of Fine Arts shows the arch will measure 250 feet high, from its base to the tip of the winged figure’s torch, with the words “One Nation Under God” and “Liberty and Justice for All” inscribed in gold atop each side of the monument.
The plan says the structure would sit between the Lincoln Memorial to the east and Arlington National Cemetery to the west and in a traffic circle connecting Washington to northern Virginia.
Trump has said he wants to build the arch near the Lincoln Memorial and argued that the nation’s capital first sought such a monument 200 years ago.
“It was interrupted by what’s called the Civil War, and so it was never built,” Trump said in February. “Then they almost built something in 1902, but it never happened.”
Trump said major cities around the world have such monuments, and Washington is the only one without one.
