Trump Administration Files Plan for 76-Meter Arc de Triomphe in Washington

Overview

• The administration, which filed the design Friday, submitted it to the U.S. Commission of Fine Arts for review.
• The proposal calls for a 76-meter arch topped by three gold statues with gold-lettered mottos reading "One nation under God" and "Liberty and justice for all."
• The design takes its cue from Paris’s Arc de Triomphe and is described as the world’s largest of its kind if built.
• The Commission of Fine Arts, a federal panel that advises on the look of monuments and buildings in Washington, is made up of members Trump appointed.
• The arch is one piece of a wider legacy push that includes a new White House ballroom, a Trump-Kennedy Center renaming, and a planned commemorative gold coin.