[CNN] Lawsuit filed to stop Trump’s blue repainting of the Lincoln Memorial

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📌 标题:Lawsuit filed to stop Trump’s blue repainting of the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool

📅 发布时间:Updated May 11, 2026, 1:02 PM ET

📝 英文原文:
A nonprofit dedicated to “promoting informed stewardship” of historic landscapes asked a federal judge on Monday to halt the Trump administration’s painting of the Lincoln Memorial’s Reflecting Pool, which has long featured a gray basin, blue.Thelawsuitfiled in federal court in Washington, DC, by The Cultural Landscape Foundation argues the project violates federal laws requiring the Interior Department to complete a consultation process that includes notifying the public of the plans and getting input from other federal agencies before beginning the work.The group also says the project runs afoul of a federal law requiring the department to issue an assessment of how the paint job would impact the environment.The lawsuit is the latest challenge to Trump’s effort to remake a slew of cultural and historic institutions and sites in the nation’s capital. Other groups have asked federal courts to stop the president from moving ahead with work on a massive new ballroom at the White House, construction of an arch similar to Paris’ Arc de Triomphe and the painting of a federal office building adjacent to the White House.“Defendants’ failure to follow the law before inserting a permanent blemish on the National Mall is causing serious and irreparable harm to the Plaintiffs and the public generally,” lawyers for the Cultural Landscape Foundationwrote in court papers. “Without immediate judicial intervention, defendants will deface an iconic American landmark, in open violation of Congressionally mandated procedures.”The foundation’s president and CEO, Charles A. Birnbaum, who is also a plaintiff in the case, said in a statement that the Reflecting Pool’s design “is fundamental to the solemn and hallowed visual and spatial connection between the Washington Monument and the Lincoln Memorial.”As National Guard solider patrol, workers continue to apply a blue protective coating as part of a renovation project to the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, Friday, May 8, 2026, on the N

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🇨🇳 中文翻译:
一家致力于“促进知情管理”历史景观的非营利组织周一要求一名联邦法官停止特朗普政府对林肯纪念堂倒影池的绘画,该倒影池长期以来一直以灰色水池和蓝色为特色。文化景观基金会向华盛顿特区联邦法院提起诉讼,认为该项目违反了联邦法律,要求内政部完成咨询程序,其中包括向公众通报该计划并获得批准



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