Nonprofit sues the federal government over plans to paint Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool blue

With a blue sky above the Lincoln Memorial, people walk along the reflection pool in Washington, D.C., on June 9, 2023. Jose Luis Magana/AP hide caption toggle caption Jose Luis Magana/AP A nonprofit is suing the National Park Service, the Department of the Interior and Interior Secretary Doug Burgum over the decision to resurface the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool at Washington D.C.'s National Mall, and to paint the pool's basin blue. The suit was filed Monday in U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia by The Cultural Landscape Foundation (TCLF), an education and advocacy organization. In the suit, TCLF is asking a federal judge to halt the project, saying that the Trump administration failed to have the project reviewed federally, as is dictated by the National Historic Preservation Act. President Trump revealed his plans for the pool do-over last month in "American flag blue," saying that the project would take one week and $2 million , and that it would be completed in time for the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence on July 4. A few days later on Truth Social , the president posted a fake image of himself and several of his administration officials in swimsuits, along with an unidentified woman in a gingham bikini, lounging in the water with the Washington National Monument at the rear. …