Members of the Kennedy family are seeking to intervene in the legal fight to block construction of a triumphal arch in Washington championed by President Donald Trump, saying it would interfere with memorial gravesites of family members — including JFK’s eternal flame.
Nine members of the Kennedy family have joined a federal lawsuit seeking to block President Trump’s planned 250-foot Independence Arch in Washington, arguing it would obstruct views of Kennedy gravesites and other Arlington National Cemetery memorials.
The Kennedy family is seeking an injunction to block Trump from constructing his arch because it would obstruct the sightlines of the Kennedy gravesites and the John F. Kennedy Eternal Flame.
Arguing that the arch would cast a shadow on their relatives’ graves in Arlington National Cemetery, nine members of the Kennedy family moved to join existing litigation in Washington seeking to block the project.
Nine members of the family are asking the court to block further construction on the monument to protect the “aesthetic interests in the integrity of the Kennedy Gravesites.”
By Aleena Fayaz, CNN (CNN) — One of America’s most storied political dynasties — the Kennedy family — is joining a lawsuit against the Trump administration to block construction of the president’s 250-foot triumphal arch.
By Aleena Fayaz, CNN (CNN) — One of America’s most storied political dynasties — the Kennedy family — is suing the Trump administration to block construction of the president’s 250-foot triumphal arch. Nine members of the Kennedy family filed a motion Tuesday in federal court in Washington, DC, to s…
Nine family members of the Kennedy political dynasty asked a judge Tuesday to block President Donald Trump’s plan to build a towering memorial arch, saying the 250-foot (76-meter) structure would cast a shadow over their relatives’ gravesites at Arlington National Cemetery.
The complaint states that the arch would "permanently cast a shadow over the Kennedy Gravesites and the graves of servicemen and women who made the ultimate sacrifice for this country.”
Nine members of the Kennedy family have sued to block construction of President Donald Trump’s proposed 250-foot triumphal arch in Washington, D.C., opposite Arlington National Cemetery. The plaintiffs filed the lawsuit in D.C.
250ft arch risks ‘permanently diminishing’ memorials to ex-president and relatives at Arlington cemetery, lawsuit says Nine members of the Kennedy family political dynasty have sued the Trump administration , asking a federal judge to block the president’s plan to build a towering, gilded arch they …
Several members of the Kennedy family have joined the legal battle to prevent President Trump from building a large triumphal arch near Arlington National Cemetery.
Nine family members seek to join a lawsuit against the arch, arguing it would cast a shadow over the site where some of their notable relatives are buried.
