Protecting the JFK Eternal Flame and Gravesites
At the center of the legal dispute is concern over how the proposed arch project will impact Arlington National Cemetery. The Kennedy family’s legal filing contends that the structure would visibly obscure the John F. Kennedy Eternal Flame and surrounding family gravesites, altering the solemn landscape of the national landmark.
The intervention adds significant political and emotional weight to the ongoing federal lawsuits challenging the administration’s plans, which critics have labeled unlawful and environmentally or historically insensitive.
