D.C. official urges Trump to scrap the arch and build 1925 columns instead

A replica of the planned Triumphal Arch. (Jen Golbeck/Associated Press)A District of Columbia preservation official urged the Trump administration to scrap the planned 250-foot triumphal arch near Arlington National Cemetery and instead build the two slender columns envisioned in a 1925 congressional plan.
Andrew Lewis, an official in D.C.'s Historic Preservation Office, made the case for the columns in a Wednesday letter first reported by The Washington Post. The arch would "effectively replace