WATCH LIVE: Trump marks Veterans Day with wreath laying, remarks at Arlington National Cemetery
Also reported by The Hill
Summary
Nine members of the Kennedy family asked a federal judge to let them join lawsuits seeking to stop President Donald Trump’s planned 250-foot memorial arch near Arlington National Cemetery. They say the arch would cast a shadow over Kennedy family gravesites and change the experience of visiting them; Trump was also expected to lay a Veterans Day wreath at the cemetery and deliver remarks.Key Facts
- The nine relatives are children and grandchildren of Robert F. Kennedy and Edward M. Kennedy.
- The relatives’ court filing seeks to intervene in two existing lawsuits against construction of the arch.
- They argued the arch’s shadow would affect visits to the gravesites near John F. Kennedy’s eternal flame.
- U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan barred the Trump administration from breaking ground for 14 days.
- The White House said the arch is intended to honor people buried at Arlington and criticized the lawsuit.
- Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Trump’s health and human services secretary, did not join the lawsuit.
- The planned arch would stand between the Lincoln Memorial and Arlington National Cemetery.
- Trump was expected to lay a wreath at Arlington at 11 a.m. Eastern and make Veterans Day remarks.
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