The Cultural Landscape Foundation and the nonprofit’s founder, Charles A. Birnbaum, have sued the Department of the Interior and the National Park Service for changing the appearance of the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool without allegedly following “Congressional mandatory procedures.”
According to court documents obtained by Us Weekly on Tuesday, May 12, the plaintiffs allege that the ongoing work to paint the Reflecting Pool basin a “vivid blue” alters the landmark’s “historic character.”
“No consulting parties have been notified, engaged or given an opportunity to participate,” court docu...
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