2026-09-05 · The Independent World
🔮 The order came down a day after Secretary of the Interior Doug Burgum announced on September 3 that the administration plans to break ground at the site in the coming days.
“We are preparing to start, over the next two-week period, the excavation work necessary for the Great Triumphal Arch and Military Observation Deck, at Memorial Circle on Columbia Island between the Lincoln Memorial and Arlington National Cemetery,” he wrote in a post on X.
He continued, saying the arch would become "one of the Great Pieces of American Architecture, honoring the history and significance of Arlington Cemetery and befitting the most powerful Capital in the World."
Trump has long talked about his desire for the arch and has shown off various models, including a miniature version that was part of his state fair event. assertive