Washington: The White House has said that plans for President Donald Trump’s Triumphal Arch will be submitted this week. Press secretary Karoline Leavitt told reporters that the US administration and the Interior Department will submit the plans for the “arch, which will stand 250-feet high to honor the US’s 250th birthday later this year”.
It will be an “architectural masterpiece to celebrate our history,” she was quoted as saying in a report in The Hill. The arch is set to stand in Memorial Circle on Columbia Island, across from the Lincoln Memorial.
“The United States triumphal arch will be outfitted with beautiful artwork and depictions celebrating the success of the American people over our 250-year history and the enduring triumph of the American spirit,” Leavitt told reporters.
She further stated that Great nations build beautiful structures that cultivate national pride and love of country, and “this triumphal arch should be a project that all Americans, all political persuasions, can support”.
Earlier this year, Trump said the arch’s construction would start “sometime in the next two months,” but construction has not yet begun. He detailed plans for the arch in October, telling White House ballroom donors at a dinner that he was deciding between sizes.
The monument is reminiscent of France’s Arc de Triomphe in Paris, said the report. It’s among projects Trump has undertaken, like the new White House ballroom and renovations at the Kennedy Center for Performing Arts.
