WASHINGTON — The paint on Washington's newly renovated Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool was peeling away from the bottom and into the algae-tinted water Thursday, less than two weeks after President Donald Trump announced the job's completion.
A combination of pictures of the renovations of the Reflecting Pool taken May 2, May 28, June 7, June 12, June 16 and June 18. It was painted blue at the directive of President Donald Trump, ahead of the 250th anniversary of U.S. Independence, in Washington, D.C.Â
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Members of the National Park Service clean the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool after recent renovations following a directive from President Donald Trump to paint it blue ahead of the 250th anniversary of U.S. Independence in Washington, D.C.
Reporters and photographers record a small section of the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool newly installed liner measuring about 3x3 feet which was visibly detached and floating with one end still adhered to the pool located at the middle portion of the north side of the reflecting pool on Thursday.
A combination of pictures of the renovations of the Reflecting Pool taken May 2, May 28, June 7, June 12, June 16 and June 18. It was painted blue at the directive of President Donald Trump, ahead of the 250th anniversary of U.S. Independence, in Washington, D.C.Â
Reporters and photographers record a small section of the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool newly installed liner measuring about 3x3 feet which was visibly detached and floating with one end still adhered to the pool located at the middle portion of the north side of the reflecting pool on Thursday.
Members of the National Park Service clean the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool after recent renovations following a directive from President Donald Trump to paint it blue ahead of the 250th anniversary of U.S. Independence in Washington, D.C.
