WBTW News13 reports: The Interior Department on Thursday said it would regild the four gold-plated Arts of War and Arts of Peace equestrian statues near the Lincoln Memorial. Each of the statues were sent as a gift to the U.S. from Italy about 75 years ago. The new regilding project is slated to cost $5.1 million and marks [...]
national | news | WBTW News13 | June 4, 2026 8:00 PM
Trump administration spending $5M to restore, gold-plate Lincoln Memorial statues
The Interior Department on Thursday said it would regild the four gold-plated Arts of War and Arts of Peace equestrian statues near the Lincoln Memorial. Each of the statues were sent as a gift to the U.S. from Italy about 75 years ago. The new regilding project is slated to cost $5.1 million and marks [...]
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