{"id":7873,"date":"2026-07-16T18:18:18","date_gmt":"2026-07-16T13:18:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=7873"},"modified":"2026-07-16T18:18:18","modified_gmt":"2026-07-16T13:18:18","slug":"lafayette-park-permanent-fencing-proposal-worries-protesters-npr","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=7873","title":{"rendered":"Lafayette Park permanent fencing proposal worries protesters : NPR"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script>\r\n  atOptions = {\r\n    'key' : '644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6',\r\n    'format' : 'iframe',\r\n    'height' : 90,\r\n    'width' : 728,\r\n    'params' : {}\r\n  };\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script src=\"https:\/\/www.highperformanceformat.com\/644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"storytext\">\n<div id=\"resg-s1-133809\" class=\"bucketwrap image large\">\n<div class=\"imagewrap has-source-dimensions\" data-crop-type=\"\" style=\"&#10; 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The White House and Washington Monument are visible further behind the park.\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/>\n        <\/picture>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"credit-caption\">\n<div class=\"caption-wrap\">\n<div class=\"caption\" aria-label=\"Image caption\">\n<p>\n                A rendering from the Trump administration&#8217;s proposal shows what the fencing would look like, when open, looking south toward the White House from H Street.<br \/>\n                <b class=\"credit\" aria-label=\"Image credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                    U.S. Commission of Fine Arts<\/p>\n<p>                <\/b><br \/>\n                <b class=\"hide-caption\"><b>hide caption<\/b><\/b>\n            <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>            <b class=\"toggle-caption\"><br \/>\n              <svg class=\"icon icon--info\"><use href=\"#icon-info\"\/><\/svg><br \/>\n              <b>toggle caption<\/b><br \/>\n            <\/b>\n    <\/div>\n<p>    <span class=\"credit\" aria-label=\"Image credit\"><\/p>\n<p>        U.S. Commission of Fine Arts<\/p>\n<p>    <\/span>\n<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>WASHINGTON \u2014 The Trump administration wants to permanently fence off a park near the White House that has long served as a gathering place for protesters. Some worry it will soon become even harder to make their voices heard.<\/p>\n<p>Lafayette Park is a seven-acre plot filled with green lawns, shaded walkways and five historic statues, the most prominent of which shows President Andrew Jackson on a rearing horse. The park is directly north of the White House \u2014 the closest a pedestrian can get to the landmark \u2014 making it a popular spot for tourists to take photos and protesters to rally.<\/p>\n<aside id=\"ad-backstage-wrap\" class=\"ad-wrap backstage\" aria-label=\"advertisement\">\n<\/aside>\n<div id=\"resnx-s1-5893465-100\" class=\"bucketwrap internallink insettwocolumn inset2col \">\n<div class=\"bucket img\">\n                  <a class=\"imagewrap\" id=\"featuredStackSquareImagenx-s1-5798651\" href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2026\/05\/04\/nx-s1-5798651\/trump-dc-construction-tracker-ballroom-arch\" data-metrics-ga4=\"{&quot;category&quot;:&quot;recirculation&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:&quot;story_recirculation_click&quot;,&quot;clickType&quot;:&quot;inset box&quot;,&quot;clickUrl&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.npr.org\\\/2026\\\/05\\\/04\\\/nx-s1-5798651\\\/trump-dc-construction-tracker-ballroom-arch&quot;}\"><picture><source srcset=\"https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/2835x2835+1085+0\/resize\/100\/quality\/85\/format\/jpeg\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F1c%2F02%2Ff18099434cdca3830d2a3babb7e5%2Fdiptych-3.jpg\" data-original=\"https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/2835x2835+1085+0\/resize\/100\/quality\/100\/format\/jpeg\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F1c%2F02%2Ff18099434cdca3830d2a3babb7e5%2Fdiptych-3.jpg\" data-template=\"https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/2835x2835+1085+0\/resize\/{width}\/quality\/{quality}\/format\/{format}\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F1c%2F02%2Ff18099434cdca3830d2a3babb7e5%2Fdiptych-3.jpg\" data-format=\"webp\" class=\"img lazyOnLoad\" type=\"image\/webp\"\/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/2835x2835+1085+0\/resize\/100\/quality\/85\/format\/jpeg\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F1c%2F02%2Ff18099434cdca3830d2a3babb7e5%2Fdiptych-3.jpg\" data-original=\"https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/2835x2835+1085+0\/resize\/100\/quality\/100\/format\/jpeg\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F1c%2F02%2Ff18099434cdca3830d2a3babb7e5%2Fdiptych-3.jpg\" data-template=\"https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/2835x2835+1085+0\/resize\/{width}\/quality\/{quality}\/format\/{format}\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F1c%2F02%2Ff18099434cdca3830d2a3babb7e5%2Fdiptych-3.jpg\" data-format=\"jpeg\" class=\"img lazyOnLoad\" type=\"image\/jpeg\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/2835x2835+1085+0\/resize\/100\/quality\/100\/format\/jpeg\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F1c%2F02%2Ff18099434cdca3830d2a3babb7e5%2Fdiptych-3.jpg\" data-template=\"https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/2835x2835+1085+0\/resize\/{width}\/quality\/{quality}\/format\/{format}\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F1c%2F02%2Ff18099434cdca3830d2a3babb7e5%2Fdiptych-3.jpg\" data-format=\"jpeg\" class=\"img lazyOnLoad\" alt=\"The White House ballroom, reflecting pool resurfacing, Kennedy Center renovations and a triumphal arch are among the many changes Trump wants to make in D.C.\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/picture><\/a>         <\/p>\n<p><!-- END CLASS=\"BUCKETBLOCK\" -->\n      <\/div>\n<p><!-- END CLASS=\"BUCKET IMG\" -->\n   <\/div>\n<p><!-- END ID=\"RESNX-S1-5893465-100\" CLASS=\"BUCKETWRAP INTERNALLINK INSETTWOCOLUMN INSET2COL \" --><\/p>\n<p>On Tuesday morning, under the scorching sun, a small group of protesters gathered just outside the park with microphones and posters to rally against the administration&#8217;s use of Immigration and Customs Enforcement after <a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2026\/07\/14\/nx-s1-5893456\/ice-vehicle-biddeford-houston\" target=\"_blank\">two deadly shootings<\/a> in less than a week. Across the street, closest to the White House, several other activists stood alone and in pairs holding various signs: against war, against hate, against Trump.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The White House is the spot that everybody likes to stop at,&#8221; said Donna Powell, 67. &#8220;It&#8217;s very iconic in the sense that this is where the president lives \u2026 So we make sure to stop here and protest. We feel it&#8217;s very important.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Powell comes to the area several times a week with her husband and a selection of the nearly 80 handmade posters they have at home. 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She says a permanent fence wouldn&#8217;t deter them.<br \/>\n                <b class=\"credit\" aria-label=\"Image credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                    Rachel Treisman\/NPR<\/p>\n<p>                <\/b><br \/>\n                <b class=\"hide-caption\"><b>hide caption<\/b><\/b>\n            <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>            <b class=\"toggle-caption\"><br \/>\n              <svg class=\"icon icon--info\"><use href=\"#icon-info\"\/><\/svg><br \/>\n              <b>toggle caption<\/b><br \/>\n            <\/b>\n    <\/div>\n<p>    <span class=\"credit\" aria-label=\"Image credit\"><\/p>\n<p>        Rachel Treisman\/NPR<\/p>\n<p>    <\/span>\n<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>A steady stream of people stopped to take photos \u2014 both of and with the cutout \u2014 on their way to peer at the White House, through layers of temporary chain-link fencing that have closed the park since January. Before this year, Powell said, they could stand much closer to the White House (which is already surrounded by a 13-foot steel fence).<\/p>\n<aside id=\"ad-secondary-wrap\" class=\"ad-wrap secondary\" aria-label=\"advertisement\">\n<\/aside>\n<aside id=\"mid-story-recommendations-mount-piano\" class=\"mid-story-recommendations-mount-piano\" aria-label=\"recommended stories\"\/>\n<!-- END ID=\"MID-STORY-RECOMMENDATIONS-MOUNT-PIANO\" CLASS=\"MID-STORY-RECOMMENDATIONS-MOUNT-PIANO\" ARIA-LABEL=\"RECOMMENDED STORIES\" --><\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nps.gov\/whho\/learn\/management\/lafayetteconstruction26.htm\" target=\"_blank\">National Park Service said<\/a> in January that much of Lafayette Park would be blocked through May for landscaping and other repairs ahead of the nation&#8217;s 250th birthday celebrations. But as of mid-July, as workers mowed the lawns, fences continued to keep pedestrians off them.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Unless your calendar is way out of date, July 4th is gone, and this is still sealed off,&#8221; said Marty I tPearl, 83, who says he&#8217;s brought his &#8220;Hate Won&#8217;t Make America Great&#8221; sign to this area some 1,200 times over the past eight years. &#8220;And now the new talk is, this will be permanent.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>After months of speculation, the Trump administration submitted a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cfa.gov\/system\/files\/meeting-materials\/2-CFA-16JUL26-2-EOP-USSS-NPS-LaSq-Fence_pres%5B7-10%5D.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">79-page proposal<\/a> to the Commission of Fine Arts \u2014 one of two federal bodies tasked with reviewing such projects \u2014 last week, ahead of its monthly meeting on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p><!-- END ID=\"RESNX-S1-5893465-101\" CLASS=\"BUCKETWRAP STATICHTML\" --><\/p>\n<p>The United States Secret Service and the Executive Office of the President, in concert with the Department of the Interior, say they want to install permanent 8-to-9-foot fencing around Lafayette Park that can be closed during &#8220;heightened conditions.&#8221; They also propose repaving the walkways in granite out of concern that loose bricks could pose tripping hazards and be used as projectiles during protests.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Installing a comprehensive yet flexible fencing strategy for varying security risks, along with increasing paver thickness and base course depth, will improve the park&#8217;s security and stability while maintaining a historically compatible appearance,&#8221; the proposal reads.<\/p>\n<div id=\"resnx-s1-5893465-102\" class=\"bucketwrap internallink insettwocolumn inset2col \">\n<div class=\"bucket img\">\n                  <a class=\"imagewrap\" id=\"featuredStackSquareImagenx-s1-5884728\" href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2026\/07\/09\/nx-s1-5884728\/trump-arch-height-act-commission-meeting\" 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proposed arch frames the U.S. Capitol at the Great American State Fair.\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/picture><\/a>         <\/p>\n<p><!-- END CLASS=\"BUCKETBLOCK\" -->\n      <\/div>\n<p><!-- END CLASS=\"BUCKET IMG\" -->\n   <\/div>\n<p><!-- END ID=\"RESNX-S1-5893465-102\" CLASS=\"BUCKETWRAP INTERNALLINK INSETTWOCOLUMN INSET2COL \" --><\/p>\n<p>It says it anticipates &#8220;phased implementation beginning in 2027, sequenced according to funding availability.&#8221; President Trump wrote <a href=\"https:\/\/truthsocial.com\/@realDonaldTrump\/posts\/116467189750648826\" target=\"_blank\">on Truth Social<\/a> in April that he had already &#8220;made a multimillion contribution&#8221; to beautification efforts in the park.<\/p>\n<p>The White House did not directly respond to NPR&#8217;s questions about how much the project will cost, who will pay for it and concerns about accessibility, responding instead with a statement.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;There are always discussions ongoing about how to make 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src=\"https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/2000x1478+0+0\/resize\/1100\/quality\/50\/format\/jpeg\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fdd%2F0d%2F361f4f4141a99304307b262e1a35%2Fap110625140691.jpg\" data-template=\"https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/2000x1478+0+0\/resize\/{width}\/quality\/{quality}\/format\/{format}\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fdd%2F0d%2F361f4f4141a99304307b262e1a35%2Fap110625140691.jpg\" class=\"img\" alt=\"A 2011 rally in Lafayette Park shows how close protesters were able to get to the White House without barriers.\" loading=\"lazy\"\/>\n        <\/picture>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"credit-caption\">\n<div class=\"caption-wrap\">\n<div class=\"caption\" aria-label=\"Image caption\">\n<p>\n                A 2011 rally in Lafayette Park shows how close protesters were able to get to the White House without barriers.<br \/>\n                <b class=\"credit\" aria-label=\"Image credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                    Luis Alvarez\/AP<\/p>\n<p>                <\/b><br \/>\n                <b class=\"hide-caption\"><b>hide caption<\/b><\/b>\n            <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>            <b class=\"toggle-caption\"><br \/>\n              <svg class=\"icon icon--info\"><use href=\"#icon-info\"\/><\/svg><br \/>\n              <b>toggle caption<\/b><br \/>\n            <\/b>\n    <\/div>\n<p>    <span class=\"credit\" aria-label=\"Image credit\"><\/p>\n<p>        Luis Alvarez\/AP<\/p>\n<p>    <\/span>\n<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Powell said permanent fencing wouldn&#8217;t stop her from bringing her signs to the area, though she called it &#8220;mind-boggling that [Trump] is so fearful of peaceful protesters that he feels like he has to put up multiple layers of fencing so that we can&#8217;t get in there.&#8221;<\/p>\n<aside id=\"ad-third-wrap\" class=\"ad-wrap third\" aria-label=\"advertisement\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>Pearl said it might, paradoxically, make it easier to convey his message, since more fencing would have the practical effect of funneling tourists into an even smaller area. But he&#8217;s upset about the symbolism of the White House \u2014 which is funded by taxpayers \u2014 being further closed off from the public it is supposed to serve.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;What this fencing represents, to me, is the worst of what the new attitude toward politics represents. And that is imperialism, fascism, dictatorship,&#8221; Pearl said. &#8220;Because what dictators do is isolate themselves from the people they rule. That is not, for me, the way democracies can possibly work.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"edTag\">The park has a rich history of protests, well before the tumult of 2020\u00a0<\/h3>\n<div id=\"resg-s1-133925\" class=\"bucketwrap image large\">\n<div class=\"imagewrap has-source-dimensions\" data-crop-type=\"\" style=\"&#10;        --source-width: 4506;&#10;        --source-height: 3571;&#10;    \">\n        <picture><source srcset=\"https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/4506x3571+0+0\/resize\/400\/quality\/85\/format\/webp\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F1e%2F24%2Fa2c22cbd4a9fba123b8cd4a9aba7%2Fgettyimages-1053570634.jpg 400w,&#10;https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/4506x3571+0+0\/resize\/600\/quality\/85\/format\/webp\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F1e%2F24%2Fa2c22cbd4a9fba123b8cd4a9aba7%2Fgettyimages-1053570634.jpg 600w,&#10;https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/4506x3571+0+0\/resize\/800\/quality\/85\/format\/webp\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F1e%2F24%2Fa2c22cbd4a9fba123b8cd4a9aba7%2Fgettyimages-1053570634.jpg 800w,&#10;https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/4506x3571+0+0\/resize\/900\/quality\/85\/format\/webp\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F1e%2F24%2Fa2c22cbd4a9fba123b8cd4a9aba7%2Fgettyimages-1053570634.jpg 900w,&#10;https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/4506x3571+0+0\/resize\/1200\/quality\/85\/format\/webp\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F1e%2F24%2Fa2c22cbd4a9fba123b8cd4a9aba7%2Fgettyimages-1053570634.jpg 1200w,&#10;https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/4506x3571+0+0\/resize\/1600\/quality\/85\/format\/webp\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F1e%2F24%2Fa2c22cbd4a9fba123b8cd4a9aba7%2Fgettyimages-1053570634.jpg 1600w,&#10;https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/4506x3571+0+0\/resize\/1800\/quality\/85\/format\/webp\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F1e%2F24%2Fa2c22cbd4a9fba123b8cd4a9aba7%2Fgettyimages-1053570634.jpg 1800w\" data-template=\"https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/4506x3571+0+0\/resize\/{width}\/quality\/{quality}\/format\/{format}\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F1e%2F24%2Fa2c22cbd4a9fba123b8cd4a9aba7%2Fgettyimages-1053570634.jpg\" sizes=\"(min-width: 1025px) 650px, calc(100vw - 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30px)\" class=\"img\" type=\"image\/jpeg\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/4506x3571+0+0\/resize\/1100\/quality\/50\/format\/jpeg\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F1e%2F24%2Fa2c22cbd4a9fba123b8cd4a9aba7%2Fgettyimages-1053570634.jpg\" data-template=\"https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/4506x3571+0+0\/resize\/{width}\/quality\/{quality}\/format\/{format}\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F1e%2F24%2Fa2c22cbd4a9fba123b8cd4a9aba7%2Fgettyimages-1053570634.jpg\" class=\"img\" alt=\"Hundreds of women rallying for the right to vote in were arrested outside the White House in 1917, with some going on to serve jail time.\" loading=\"lazy\"\/>\n        <\/picture>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"credit-caption\">\n<div class=\"caption-wrap\">\n<div class=\"caption\" aria-label=\"Image caption\">\n<p>\n                Hundreds of women rallying for the right to vote in were arrested outside the White House in 1917, with some going on to serve jail time.<br \/>\n                <b class=\"credit\" aria-label=\"Image credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                    Hulton Archive\/Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>                <\/b><br \/>\n                <b class=\"hide-caption\"><b>hide caption<\/b><\/b>\n            <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>            <b class=\"toggle-caption\"><br \/>\n              <svg class=\"icon icon--info\"><use href=\"#icon-info\"\/><\/svg><br \/>\n              <b>toggle caption<\/b><br \/>\n            <\/b>\n    <\/div>\n<p>    <span class=\"credit\" aria-label=\"Image credit\"><\/p>\n<p>        Hulton Archive\/Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>    <\/span>\n<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Lafayette Park has been the site of <a href=\"https:\/\/planning.dc.gov\/sites\/default\/files\/dc\/sites\/op\/publication\/attachments\/History%20of%20Resistance%20and%20the%20Black%20Lives%20Matter%20movement%202023.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">protests for over a century<\/a>, since suffragists launched the first-ever White House picket in 1917.<\/p>\n<p>Nadine Seiler, a Maryland-based activist, described the park as &#8220;ground zero for protests.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Women&#8217;s suffrage, civil rights, anything that you could think of,&#8221; she told NPR on Tuesday from the park, where she was attending the anti-ICE protest and also holding a banner referencing D.C.&#8217;s reflecting pool. &#8220;People come here thinking that the president of the United States could help them with their \u2026 problems. So it represents freedom.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div id=\"resnx-s1-5893465-103\" class=\"bucketwrap internallink insettwocolumn inset2col \">\n<div class=\"bucket img\">\n                  <a class=\"imagewrap\" id=\"featuredStackSquareImagenx-s1-5321872\" href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2025\/03\/08\/nx-s1-5321872\/dc-black-lives-matter-street-mural-history\" data-metrics-ga4=\"{&quot;category&quot;:&quot;recirculation&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:&quot;story_recirculation_click&quot;,&quot;clickType&quot;:&quot;inset box&quot;,&quot;clickUrl&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.npr.org\\\/2025\\\/03\\\/08\\\/nx-s1-5321872\\\/dc-black-lives-matter-street-mural-history&quot;}\"><picture><source srcset=\"https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/2569x2569+623+0\/resize\/100\/quality\/85\/format\/jpeg\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F90%2F7b%2Fabd82c9249d89f885515c6f7fc9c%2Fgettyimages-1317810023.jpg\" data-original=\"https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/2569x2569+623+0\/resize\/100\/quality\/100\/format\/jpeg\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F90%2F7b%2Fabd82c9249d89f885515c6f7fc9c%2Fgettyimages-1317810023.jpg\" data-template=\"https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/2569x2569+623+0\/resize\/{width}\/quality\/{quality}\/format\/{format}\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F90%2F7b%2Fabd82c9249d89f885515c6f7fc9c%2Fgettyimages-1317810023.jpg\" data-format=\"webp\" class=\"img lazyOnLoad\" type=\"image\/webp\"\/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/2569x2569+623+0\/resize\/100\/quality\/85\/format\/jpeg\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F90%2F7b%2Fabd82c9249d89f885515c6f7fc9c%2Fgettyimages-1317810023.jpg\" data-original=\"https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/2569x2569+623+0\/resize\/100\/quality\/100\/format\/jpeg\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F90%2F7b%2Fabd82c9249d89f885515c6f7fc9c%2Fgettyimages-1317810023.jpg\" data-template=\"https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/2569x2569+623+0\/resize\/{width}\/quality\/{quality}\/format\/{format}\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F90%2F7b%2Fabd82c9249d89f885515c6f7fc9c%2Fgettyimages-1317810023.jpg\" data-format=\"jpeg\" class=\"img lazyOnLoad\" type=\"image\/jpeg\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/2569x2569+623+0\/resize\/100\/quality\/100\/format\/jpeg\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F90%2F7b%2Fabd82c9249d89f885515c6f7fc9c%2Fgettyimages-1317810023.jpg\" data-template=\"https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/2569x2569+623+0\/resize\/{width}\/quality\/{quality}\/format\/{format}\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F90%2F7b%2Fabd82c9249d89f885515c6f7fc9c%2Fgettyimages-1317810023.jpg\" data-format=\"jpeg\" class=\"img lazyOnLoad\" alt=\"Black Lives Matter Plaza on 16th Street is repainted following the removal of the lettering for a construction project on May 13, 2021 in Washington, DC. The words &quot;Black Lives Matter&quot; was painted on the two block section of 16th Street last year in the wake of the George Floyd protest.\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/picture><\/a>         <\/p>\n<p><!-- END CLASS=\"BUCKETBLOCK\" -->\n      <\/div>\n<p><!-- END CLASS=\"BUCKET IMG\" -->\n   <\/div>\n<p><!-- END ID=\"RESNX-S1-5893465-103\" CLASS=\"BUCKETWRAP INTERNALLINK INSETTWOCOLUMN INSET2COL \" --><\/p>\n<p>Demonstrations have targeted a wide range of causes, from anti-lynching protests in the 1940s to gay rights rallies in the 1960s. At one <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehousehistory.org\/vietnam-war-protests-at-the-white-house\" target=\"_blank\">particularly massive<\/a> anti-Vietnam War protest in 1967, President Johnson and his family could hear the chants from inside the White House: &#8220;Hey, hey LBJ, how many kids did you kill today?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Other protests were quieter, like the White House Peace Vigil, an anti-nuclear weapons encampment that had been staffed (most recently by volunteers) in that spot since 1981 in what is considered one of the longest continuous acts of political protest in U.S. history. Trump <a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2025\/09\/12\/nx-s1-5534279\/peace-vigil-outside-of-the-white-house-is-targeted-to-be-dismantled\" target=\"_blank\">ordered its dismantling<\/a> last year.<\/p>\n<aside id=\"ad-overflow-1-wrap\" class=\"ad-wrap overflow-1\" aria-label=\"advertisement\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>Trump&#8217;s actions have &#8220;already eroded the people coming out and using the White House, Lafayette Park as a place of protest,&#8221; said Seiler, who said she has been coming to the area regularly since 2018.<\/p>\n<p>In June 2020, police used tear gas and rubber bullets to clear peaceful protesters from the park during Black Lives Matter demonstrations, shortly before Trump walked to a nearby church to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2020\/06\/03\/868779265\/trump-defends-symbolism-of-photo-op-at-st-johns-church\" target=\"_blank\">pose for photos<\/a>, holding a Bible.<\/p>\n<div id=\"resg-s1-133927\" class=\"bucketwrap image large\">\n<div class=\"imagewrap has-source-dimensions\" data-crop-type=\"\" style=\"&#10;        --source-width: 5224;&#10;        --source-height: 3409;&#10;    \">\n        <picture><source srcset=\"https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/5224x3409+0+0\/resize\/400\/quality\/85\/format\/webp\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F90%2F1e%2Fe57e01714f17bf384d0913d00924%2Fap20237732387375.jpg 400w,&#10;https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/5224x3409+0+0\/resize\/600\/quality\/85\/format\/webp\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F90%2F1e%2Fe57e01714f17bf384d0913d00924%2Fap20237732387375.jpg 600w,&#10;https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/5224x3409+0+0\/resize\/800\/quality\/85\/format\/webp\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F90%2F1e%2Fe57e01714f17bf384d0913d00924%2Fap20237732387375.jpg 800w,&#10;https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/5224x3409+0+0\/resize\/900\/quality\/85\/format\/webp\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F90%2F1e%2Fe57e01714f17bf384d0913d00924%2Fap20237732387375.jpg 900w,&#10;https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/5224x3409+0+0\/resize\/1200\/quality\/85\/format\/webp\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F90%2F1e%2Fe57e01714f17bf384d0913d00924%2Fap20237732387375.jpg 1200w,&#10;https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/5224x3409+0+0\/resize\/1600\/quality\/85\/format\/webp\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F90%2F1e%2Fe57e01714f17bf384d0913d00924%2Fap20237732387375.jpg 1600w,&#10;https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/5224x3409+0+0\/resize\/1800\/quality\/85\/format\/webp\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F90%2F1e%2Fe57e01714f17bf384d0913d00924%2Fap20237732387375.jpg 1800w\" data-template=\"https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/5224x3409+0+0\/resize\/{width}\/quality\/{quality}\/format\/{format}\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F90%2F1e%2Fe57e01714f17bf384d0913d00924%2Fap20237732387375.jpg\" sizes=\"(min-width: 1025px) 650px, calc(100vw - 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30px)\" class=\"img\" type=\"image\/jpeg\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/5224x3409+0+0\/resize\/1100\/quality\/50\/format\/jpeg\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F90%2F1e%2Fe57e01714f17bf384d0913d00924%2Fap20237732387375.jpg\" data-template=\"https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/5224x3409+0+0\/resize\/{width}\/quality\/{quality}\/format\/{format}\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F90%2F1e%2Fe57e01714f17bf384d0913d00924%2Fap20237732387375.jpg\" class=\"img\" alt=\"When a semi-permanent fence surrounded the park in 2020 and 2021, protesters covered it in Black Lives Matter signs and messages.  \" loading=\"lazy\"\/>\n        <\/picture>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"credit-caption\">\n<div class=\"caption-wrap\">\n<div class=\"caption\" aria-label=\"Image caption\">\n<p>\n                When a semi-permanent fence surrounded the park in 2020 and 2021, protesters covered it in Black Lives Matter signs and messages. One activist said similar efforts have been thwarted this year.<br \/>\n                <b class=\"credit\" aria-label=\"Image credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                    J. Scott Applewhite\/AP<\/p>\n<p>                <\/b><br \/>\n                <b class=\"hide-caption\"><b>hide caption<\/b><\/b>\n            <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>            <b class=\"toggle-caption\"><br \/>\n              <svg class=\"icon icon--info\"><use href=\"#icon-info\"\/><\/svg><br \/>\n              <b>toggle caption<\/b><br \/>\n            <\/b>\n    <\/div>\n<p>    <span class=\"credit\" aria-label=\"Image credit\"><\/p>\n<p>        J. Scott Applewhite\/AP<\/p>\n<p>    <\/span>\n<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>A Department of the Interior <a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2021\/06\/09\/1004832399\/watchdog-report-says-police-did-not-clear-protesters-to-make-way-for-trump-last-\" target=\"_blank\">inspector general report<\/a> later found that police did not clear protesters for the photo op, though the Justice Department separately <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justice.gov\/archives\/opa\/pr\/justice-department-announces-civil-settlement-lafayette-square-cases\" target=\"_blank\">reached a settlement<\/a> in four civil cases over law enforcement&#8217;s response.<\/p>\n<p>The incident was not soon forgotten. Mayor Muriel Bowser renamed a two-block pedestrian section of the nearby street &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2025\/03\/08\/nx-s1-5321872\/dc-black-lives-matter-street-mural-history\" target=\"_blank\">Black Lives Matter Plaza<\/a>,&#8221; though she had it removed last year under the threat of federal funding cuts.<\/p>\n<div id=\"resnx-s1-5893465-104\" class=\"bucketwrap internallink insettwocolumn inset2col \">\n<div class=\"bucket img\">\n                  <a class=\"imagewrap\" id=\"featuredStackSquareImage1004832399\" href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2021\/06\/09\/1004832399\/watchdog-report-says-police-did-not-clear-protesters-to-make-way-for-trump-last-\" data-metrics-ga4=\"{&quot;category&quot;:&quot;recirculation&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:&quot;story_recirculation_click&quot;,&quot;clickType&quot;:&quot;inset box&quot;,&quot;clickUrl&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.npr.org\\\/2021\\\/06\\\/09\\\/1004832399\\\/watchdog-report-says-police-did-not-clear-protesters-to-make-way-for-trump-last-&quot;}\"><picture><source srcset=\"https:\/\/media.npr.org\/assets\/img\/2021\/06\/09\/gettyimages-1216828312_sq-7e9f1f631cb8faf100d3ba26ccff3bf9caeeaa62.jpg?s=100&amp;c=85&amp;f=jpeg\" data-original=\"https:\/\/media.npr.org\/assets\/img\/2021\/06\/09\/gettyimages-1216828312_sq-7e9f1f631cb8faf100d3ba26ccff3bf9caeeaa62.jpg?s=100&amp;c=100&amp;f=jpeg\" data-template=\"https:\/\/media.npr.org\/assets\/img\/2021\/06\/09\/gettyimages-1216828312_sq-7e9f1f631cb8faf100d3ba26ccff3bf9caeeaa62.jpg?s={width}&amp;c={quality}&amp;f={format}\" data-format=\"webp\" class=\"img lazyOnLoad\" type=\"image\/webp\"\/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/media.npr.org\/assets\/img\/2021\/06\/09\/gettyimages-1216828312_sq-7e9f1f631cb8faf100d3ba26ccff3bf9caeeaa62.jpg?s=100&amp;c=85&amp;f=jpeg\" data-original=\"https:\/\/media.npr.org\/assets\/img\/2021\/06\/09\/gettyimages-1216828312_sq-7e9f1f631cb8faf100d3ba26ccff3bf9caeeaa62.jpg?s=100&amp;c=100&amp;f=jpeg\" data-template=\"https:\/\/media.npr.org\/assets\/img\/2021\/06\/09\/gettyimages-1216828312_sq-7e9f1f631cb8faf100d3ba26ccff3bf9caeeaa62.jpg?s={width}&amp;c={quality}&amp;f={format}\" data-format=\"jpeg\" class=\"img lazyOnLoad\" type=\"image\/jpeg\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/media.npr.org\/assets\/img\/2021\/06\/09\/gettyimages-1216828312_sq-7e9f1f631cb8faf100d3ba26ccff3bf9caeeaa62.jpg?s=100&amp;c=100&amp;f=jpeg\" data-template=\"https:\/\/media.npr.org\/assets\/img\/2021\/06\/09\/gettyimages-1216828312_sq-7e9f1f631cb8faf100d3ba26ccff3bf9caeeaa62.jpg?s={width}&amp;c={quality}&amp;f={format}\" data-format=\"jpeg\" class=\"img lazyOnLoad\" alt=\"Watchdog Report Says Police Did Not Clear Protesters To Make Way For Trump Photo-Op\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/picture><\/a>         <\/p>\n<p><!-- END CLASS=\"BUCKETBLOCK\" -->\n      <\/div>\n<p><!-- END CLASS=\"BUCKET IMG\" -->\n   <\/div>\n<p><!-- END ID=\"RESNX-S1-5893465-104\" CLASS=\"BUCKETWRAP INTERNALLINK INSETTWOCOLUMN INSET2COL \" --><\/p>\n<p>Heavy fencing surrounded Lafayette Park from June 2020 <a href=\"https:\/\/dcist.com\/story\/21\/05\/10\/lafayette-square-reopens-to-public-after-almost-a-year\/\" target=\"_blank\">through May 2021<\/a>. During that time, people covered it in their own <a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2021\/10\/02\/1041543414\/she-guarded-the-black-lives-matter-memorial-now-shes-working-to-protect-its-art\" target=\"_blank\">signs, photos and letters<\/a> \u2014 artifacts Seiler is now paying to store until, she hopes, a museum will acquire them.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;His attempt to shut us down actually gave us more coverage, because people came from different parts of the country to visit the fence with all the messaging,&#8221; she said.<\/p>\n<p>She said people tried to do the same thing with the fencing this year, &#8220;but every time we put something, they would come immediately and take it down.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div id=\"resg-s1-133930\" class=\"bucketwrap image large\">\n<div class=\"imagewrap has-source-dimensions\" data-crop-type=\"\" style=\"&#10;        --source-width: 4032;&#10;        --source-height: 3024;&#10;    \">\n        <picture><source srcset=\"https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/4032x3024+0+0\/resize\/400\/quality\/85\/format\/webp\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fd7%2F6e%2F8e9923374a54bc26bdc259bd7ec4%2Fimg-9644.JPG 400w,&#10;https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/4032x3024+0+0\/resize\/600\/quality\/85\/format\/webp\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fd7%2F6e%2F8e9923374a54bc26bdc259bd7ec4%2Fimg-9644.JPG 600w,&#10;https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/4032x3024+0+0\/resize\/800\/quality\/85\/format\/webp\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fd7%2F6e%2F8e9923374a54bc26bdc259bd7ec4%2Fimg-9644.JPG 800w,&#10;https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/4032x3024+0+0\/resize\/900\/quality\/85\/format\/webp\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fd7%2F6e%2F8e9923374a54bc26bdc259bd7ec4%2Fimg-9644.JPG 900w,&#10;https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/4032x3024+0+0\/resize\/1200\/quality\/85\/format\/webp\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fd7%2F6e%2F8e9923374a54bc26bdc259bd7ec4%2Fimg-9644.JPG 1200w,&#10;https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/4032x3024+0+0\/resize\/1600\/quality\/85\/format\/webp\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fd7%2F6e%2F8e9923374a54bc26bdc259bd7ec4%2Fimg-9644.JPG 1600w,&#10;https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/4032x3024+0+0\/resize\/1800\/quality\/85\/format\/webp\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fd7%2F6e%2F8e9923374a54bc26bdc259bd7ec4%2Fimg-9644.JPG 1800w\" data-template=\"https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/4032x3024+0+0\/resize\/{width}\/quality\/{quality}\/format\/{format}\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fd7%2F6e%2F8e9923374a54bc26bdc259bd7ec4%2Fimg-9644.JPG\" sizes=\"(min-width: 1025px) 650px, calc(100vw - 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30px)\" class=\"img\" type=\"image\/jpeg\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/4032x3024+0+0\/resize\/1100\/quality\/50\/format\/jpeg\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fd7%2F6e%2F8e9923374a54bc26bdc259bd7ec4%2Fimg-9644.JPG\" data-template=\"https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/4032x3024+0+0\/resize\/{width}\/quality\/{quality}\/format\/{format}\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fd7%2F6e%2F8e9923374a54bc26bdc259bd7ec4%2Fimg-9644.JPG\" class=\"img\" alt=\"Nadine Seiler attended the anti-ICE rally on Tuesday, carrying a second banner referencing the recent vandalism arrests at the reflecting pool.\" loading=\"lazy\"\/>\n        <\/picture>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"credit-caption\">\n<div class=\"caption-wrap\">\n<div class=\"caption\" aria-label=\"Image caption\">\n<p>\n                Nadine Seiler attended the anti-ICE rally on Tuesday, carrying a second banner referencing the recent vandalism arrests at the reflecting pool.<br \/>\n                <b class=\"credit\" aria-label=\"Image credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                    Rachel Treisman\/NPR<\/p>\n<p>                <\/b><br \/>\n                <b class=\"hide-caption\"><b>hide caption<\/b><\/b>\n            <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>            <b class=\"toggle-caption\"><br \/>\n              <svg class=\"icon icon--info\"><use href=\"#icon-info\"\/><\/svg><br \/>\n              <b>toggle caption<\/b><br \/>\n            <\/b>\n    <\/div>\n<p>    <span class=\"credit\" aria-label=\"Image credit\"><\/p>\n<p>        Rachel Treisman\/NPR<\/p>\n<p>    <\/span>\n<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Seiler blinked back tears when talking about what the act of protest means to her, as someone who moved to the U.S. from Trinidad and Tobago.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I bought into everything American: American exceptionalism, the separation of powers and all that stuff. And to come and see it fall, like that, in months, it is just very, very frustrating and very disappointing,&#8221; she said. &#8220;We the people have to stand up and say, &#8216;This is not right.'&#8221;<\/p>\n<aside id=\"ad-overflow-2-wrap\" class=\"ad-wrap overflow-2\" aria-label=\"advertisement\">\n<\/aside>\n<h3 class=\"edTag\">There are also process concerns, as Trump tries to reshape D.C.\u00a0<\/h3>\n<p>The administration&#8217;s report calls Lafayette Park a &#8220;vital venue for First Amendment activity.&#8221; And it acknowledges that permanent fencing would have downsides for viewers: &#8220;limits viewing area&#8221; and &#8220;emphasizes closed feeling of the park.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>But it says temporary barriers are both aesthetically unappealing and cumbersome, taking up to 72 hours to install and dismantle.<\/p>\n<div id=\"resnx-s1-5893465-105\" class=\"bucketwrap internallink insettwocolumn inset2col \">\n<div class=\"bucket img\">\n                  <a 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AP\/AP<\/p>\n<p>                <\/b><br \/>\n                <b class=\"hide-caption\"><b>hide caption<\/b><\/b>\n            <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>            <b class=\"toggle-caption\"><br \/>\n              <svg class=\"icon icon--info\"><use href=\"#icon-info\"\/><\/svg><br \/>\n              <b>toggle caption<\/b><br \/>\n            <\/b>\n    <\/div>\n<p>    <span class=\"credit\" aria-label=\"Image credit\"><\/p>\n<p>        AP\/AP<\/p>\n<p>    <\/span>\n<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton, Washington&#8217;s non-voting delegate in the House, <a href=\"https:\/\/norton.house.gov\/media\/press-releases\/norton-introduces-bill-prohibit-permanent-fencing-lafayette-square\" target=\"_blank\">introduced a bill<\/a> last week that would prohibit permanent fencing at Lafayette Park, noting its storied history of public demonstrations.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We shouldn&#8217;t widen the distance between citizens and government by placing additional intimidating barriers between public servants and the people they serve, especially when such barriers are unnecessary,&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/EleanorNorton\/status\/2077093427280224411\/photo\/1\" target=\"_blank\">Norton wrote<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The bill is not likely to gain traction in the Republican-controlled House. But there are still hurdles to clear before the proposal can become a reality.<\/p>\n<div id=\"resnx-s1-5893465-106\" class=\"bucketwrap internallink insettwocolumn inset2col \">\n<div class=\"bucket img\">\n                  <a class=\"imagewrap\" id=\"featuredStackSquareImagenx-s1-5869629\" href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2026\/07\/08\/nx-s1-5869629\/trump-arch-inspiration-long-before-design-approved\" data-metrics-ga4=\"{&quot;category&quot;:&quot;recirculation&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:&quot;story_recirculation_click&quot;,&quot;clickType&quot;:&quot;inset box&quot;,&quot;clickUrl&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.npr.org\\\/2026\\\/07\\\/08\\\/nx-s1-5869629\\\/trump-arch-inspiration-long-before-design-approved&quot;}\"><picture><source srcset=\"https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/596x596+199+0\/resize\/100\/quality\/85\/format\/jpeg\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fc0%2F3d%2Ffdb4a04f4eec8a3dc932cd743bf0%2Fscreenshot-2026-07-07-at-5.jpg\" data-original=\"https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/596x596+199+0\/resize\/100\/quality\/100\/format\/jpeg\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fc0%2F3d%2Ffdb4a04f4eec8a3dc932cd743bf0%2Fscreenshot-2026-07-07-at-5.jpg\" data-template=\"https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/596x596+199+0\/resize\/{width}\/quality\/{quality}\/format\/{format}\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fc0%2F3d%2Ffdb4a04f4eec8a3dc932cd743bf0%2Fscreenshot-2026-07-07-at-5.jpg\" data-format=\"webp\" class=\"img lazyOnLoad\" type=\"image\/webp\"\/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/596x596+199+0\/resize\/100\/quality\/85\/format\/jpeg\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fc0%2F3d%2Ffdb4a04f4eec8a3dc932cd743bf0%2Fscreenshot-2026-07-07-at-5.jpg\" data-original=\"https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/596x596+199+0\/resize\/100\/quality\/100\/format\/jpeg\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fc0%2F3d%2Ffdb4a04f4eec8a3dc932cd743bf0%2Fscreenshot-2026-07-07-at-5.jpg\" data-template=\"https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/596x596+199+0\/resize\/{width}\/quality\/{quality}\/format\/{format}\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fc0%2F3d%2Ffdb4a04f4eec8a3dc932cd743bf0%2Fscreenshot-2026-07-07-at-5.jpg\" data-format=\"jpeg\" class=\"img lazyOnLoad\" type=\"image\/jpeg\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/596x596+199+0\/resize\/100\/quality\/100\/format\/jpeg\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fc0%2F3d%2Ffdb4a04f4eec8a3dc932cd743bf0%2Fscreenshot-2026-07-07-at-5.jpg\" data-template=\"https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/596x596+199+0\/resize\/{width}\/quality\/{quality}\/format\/{format}\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fc0%2F3d%2Ffdb4a04f4eec8a3dc932cd743bf0%2Fscreenshot-2026-07-07-at-5.jpg\" data-format=\"jpeg\" class=\"img lazyOnLoad\" alt=\"There was no open design competition to select Harrison Design as the architects involved in the 250-foot-tall arch project. Renderings by Harrison Design show the arch at night framing Robert E. Lee's home, Arlington House, behind it.\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/picture><\/a>         <\/p>\n<p><!-- END CLASS=\"BUCKETBLOCK\" -->\n      <\/div>\n<p><!-- END CLASS=\"BUCKET IMG\" -->\n   <\/div>\n<p><!-- END ID=\"RESNX-S1-5893465-106\" CLASS=\"BUCKETWRAP INTERNALLINK INSETTWOCOLUMN INSET2COL \" --><\/p>\n<p>Federal projects in certain parts of D.C. need to be reviewed and approved by the Commission of Fine Arts and the National Capital Planning Commission, which are both led by Trump appointees. They are in various stages of advancing other proposals, like a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2026\/07\/09\/nx-s1-5884728\/trump-arch-height-act-commission-meeting\" target=\"_blank\">controversial arch<\/a> near Arlington National Cemetery and a new White House visitor screening center.<\/p>\n<p>The National Historic Preservation Act also requires such projects to go through a process called Section 106 review, in which federal agencies work with consulting stakeholders (like historic preservation groups) to consider and mitigate negative effects on historic areas.<\/p>\n<div id=\"resg-s1-133929\" class=\"bucketwrap image large\">\n<div class=\"imagewrap has-source-dimensions\" data-crop-type=\"\" style=\"&#10;        --source-width: 4032;&#10;        --source-height: 3024;&#10;    \">\n        <picture><source srcset=\"https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/4032x3024+0+0\/resize\/400\/quality\/85\/format\/webp\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F4a%2F96%2Fbafb8f6e46c0a2ebe8fce8784f04%2Fimg-9630.JPG 400w,&#10;https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/4032x3024+0+0\/resize\/600\/quality\/85\/format\/webp\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F4a%2F96%2Fbafb8f6e46c0a2ebe8fce8784f04%2Fimg-9630.JPG 600w,&#10;https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/4032x3024+0+0\/resize\/800\/quality\/85\/format\/webp\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F4a%2F96%2Fbafb8f6e46c0a2ebe8fce8784f04%2Fimg-9630.JPG 800w,&#10;https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/4032x3024+0+0\/resize\/900\/quality\/85\/format\/webp\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F4a%2F96%2Fbafb8f6e46c0a2ebe8fce8784f04%2Fimg-9630.JPG 900w,&#10;https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/4032x3024+0+0\/resize\/1200\/quality\/85\/format\/webp\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F4a%2F96%2Fbafb8f6e46c0a2ebe8fce8784f04%2Fimg-9630.JPG 1200w,&#10;https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/4032x3024+0+0\/resize\/1600\/quality\/85\/format\/webp\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F4a%2F96%2Fbafb8f6e46c0a2ebe8fce8784f04%2Fimg-9630.JPG 1600w,&#10;https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/4032x3024+0+0\/resize\/1800\/quality\/85\/format\/webp\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F4a%2F96%2Fbafb8f6e46c0a2ebe8fce8784f04%2Fimg-9630.JPG 1800w\" data-template=\"https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/4032x3024+0+0\/resize\/{width}\/quality\/{quality}\/format\/{format}\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F4a%2F96%2Fbafb8f6e46c0a2ebe8fce8784f04%2Fimg-9630.JPG\" sizes=\"(min-width: 1025px) 650px, calc(100vw - 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30px)\" class=\"img\" type=\"image\/jpeg\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/4032x3024+0+0\/resize\/1100\/quality\/50\/format\/jpeg\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F4a%2F96%2Fbafb8f6e46c0a2ebe8fce8784f04%2Fimg-9630.JPG\" data-template=\"https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/4032x3024+0+0\/resize\/{width}\/quality\/{quality}\/format\/{format}\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F4a%2F96%2Fbafb8f6e46c0a2ebe8fce8784f04%2Fimg-9630.JPG\" class=\"img\" alt=\"An informational plaque outside the park highlights its long history of public demonstrations.\" loading=\"lazy\"\/>\n        <\/picture>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"credit-caption\">\n<div class=\"caption-wrap\">\n<div class=\"caption\" aria-label=\"Image caption\">\n<p>\n                An informational plaque outside the park highlights its long history of public demonstrations.<br \/>\n                <b class=\"credit\" aria-label=\"Image credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                    Rachel Treisman\/NPR<\/p>\n<p>                <\/b><br \/>\n                <b class=\"hide-caption\"><b>hide caption<\/b><\/b>\n            <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>            <b class=\"toggle-caption\"><br \/>\n              <svg class=\"icon icon--info\"><use href=\"#icon-info\"\/><\/svg><br \/>\n              <b>toggle caption<\/b><br \/>\n            <\/b>\n    <\/div>\n<p>    <span class=\"credit\" aria-label=\"Image credit\"><\/p>\n<p>        Rachel Treisman\/NPR<\/p>\n<p>    <\/span>\n<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>That process typically starts before agencies submit proposals to the commissions, though not in the case of the fencing (or the arch, which was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2026\/05\/21\/nx-s1-5830027\/trump-arch-fine-arts-approval\" target=\"_blank\">already approved<\/a> by one commission).<\/p>\n<aside id=\"ad-overflow-3-wrap\" class=\"ad-wrap overflow-3\" aria-label=\"advertisement\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>Charles Birnbaum, president of The Cultural Landscape Foundation, said his nonprofit was recognized as a Section 106 consulting party about the fencing in April, but has not been invited to any meetings about it. In fact, he said, he had not heard anything about it until the administration published its proposal on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;If they were earnest about truly engaging the consulting parties, that would have started already, especially since they have us all at the ready,&#8221; said Birnbaum, whose group is involved in lawsuits over the reflecting pool and other administration construction projects.<\/p>\n<div id=\"resnx-s1-5893465-107\" class=\"bucketwrap internallink insettwocolumn inset2col \">\n<div class=\"bucket img\">\n                  <a class=\"imagewrap\" id=\"featuredStackSquareImagenx-s1-5851587\" href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2026\/06\/10\/nx-s1-5851587\/trump-arch-veterans-arlington-national-cemetery\" data-metrics-ga4=\"{&quot;category&quot;:&quot;recirculation&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:&quot;story_recirculation_click&quot;,&quot;clickType&quot;:&quot;inset box&quot;,&quot;clickUrl&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.npr.org\\\/2026\\\/06\\\/10\\\/nx-s1-5851587\\\/trump-arch-veterans-arlington-national-cemetery&quot;}\"><picture><source srcset=\"https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/2667x2667+667+0\/resize\/100\/quality\/85\/format\/jpeg\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Ffc%2Ff3%2F28001ca04a13896a52ef8750bb4c%2Fel-20260608-shaunbyrnes-01.JPG\" data-original=\"https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/2667x2667+667+0\/resize\/100\/quality\/100\/format\/jpeg\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Ffc%2Ff3%2F28001ca04a13896a52ef8750bb4c%2Fel-20260608-shaunbyrnes-01.JPG\" data-template=\"https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/2667x2667+667+0\/resize\/{width}\/quality\/{quality}\/format\/{format}\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Ffc%2Ff3%2F28001ca04a13896a52ef8750bb4c%2Fel-20260608-shaunbyrnes-01.JPG\" data-format=\"webp\" class=\"img lazyOnLoad\" type=\"image\/webp\"\/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/2667x2667+667+0\/resize\/100\/quality\/85\/format\/jpeg\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Ffc%2Ff3%2F28001ca04a13896a52ef8750bb4c%2Fel-20260608-shaunbyrnes-01.JPG\" data-original=\"https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/2667x2667+667+0\/resize\/100\/quality\/100\/format\/jpeg\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Ffc%2Ff3%2F28001ca04a13896a52ef8750bb4c%2Fel-20260608-shaunbyrnes-01.JPG\" data-template=\"https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/2667x2667+667+0\/resize\/{width}\/quality\/{quality}\/format\/{format}\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Ffc%2Ff3%2F28001ca04a13896a52ef8750bb4c%2Fel-20260608-shaunbyrnes-01.JPG\" data-format=\"jpeg\" class=\"img lazyOnLoad\" type=\"image\/jpeg\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/2667x2667+667+0\/resize\/100\/quality\/100\/format\/jpeg\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Ffc%2Ff3%2F28001ca04a13896a52ef8750bb4c%2Fel-20260608-shaunbyrnes-01.JPG\" data-template=\"https:\/\/npr.brightspotcdn.com\/dims3\/default\/strip\/false\/crop\/2667x2667+667+0\/resize\/{width}\/quality\/{quality}\/format\/{format}\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Ffc%2Ff3%2F28001ca04a13896a52ef8750bb4c%2Fel-20260608-shaunbyrnes-01.JPG\" data-format=\"jpeg\" class=\"img lazyOnLoad\" alt=\"Shaun Byrnes, 83, a U.S. Navy veteran who served in Vietnam, arrives for an interview near Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Virginia on Monday, June 8, 2026. Public Citizen, representing Byrnes and other veterans, are suing the Trump administration to block construction of the proposed Triumphal Arch in Memorial Circle. (Eric Lee for NPR)\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/picture><\/a>         <\/p>\n<p><!-- END CLASS=\"BUCKETBLOCK\" -->\n      <\/div>\n<p><!-- END CLASS=\"BUCKET IMG\" -->\n   <\/div>\n<p><!-- END ID=\"RESNX-S1-5893465-107\" CLASS=\"BUCKETWRAP INTERNALLINK INSETTWOCOLUMN INSET2COL \" --><\/p>\n<p>The White House told NPR that &#8220;any projects that are pursued will go through the necessary review process.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Birnbaum says the collaborative review process has worked well so far for the White House visitors center, with the administration making some changes \u2014 like moving the proposed structure above ground \u2014 based on feedback. That revised proposal will also be presented to the Commission of Fine Arts on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>Thursday&#8217;s meeting is the first chance for the commission to weigh in on the aesthetics of the permanent fencing proposal. The meeting is also a venue for members of the public \u2014 including representatives of historic preservation and architectural groups \u2014 to offer three to five minutes of feedback.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;At the end of the day, it is the people&#8217;s park,&#8221; Birnbaum said. &#8220;It is symbolically the place where we gather, and have for generations. 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