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Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool pours into a nearby drain, Saturday, June 20, 2026, in Washington. **Mark Schiefelbein/AP** Mark Schiefelbein/AP ### **A renovation that grew in scope and cost
renovations [is] accelerating this process [of the algae growth]”. ## How much did this project cost? A $14.7m contract to clean and paint the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool
Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool has witnessed more than a century of American history, in all its heartbreak and majesty. Crowds have gathered around it in protest and in praise to denounce American wars, and hear
Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, which President Donald Trump said would cost $1.8m (£1.33m), is now expected to cost $13.1m, federal records show. Trump awarded the contract for the work to a Virginia
Lincoln Memorial to take it in from above. Reactions were mixed: Some people welcomed the changes, while others dismissed them as a costly waste of time. Jalisa Cater, a fifth-generation Washingtonian and professional tour
Lincoln Memorial. A blue-tinted basin is more appropriate to a resort or theme park." The National Park Service regularly [cleans out](https://abcnews4.com/news/offbeat/did-you-know-cleaning-reflecting-pool-national-mall-park-service-behind-the-scenes) algae, goose droppings and other detritus from the reflecting pool
Lincoln Memorial and the Washington Monument. Martin Luther King Jr delivered his I Have a Dream speech in front of the reflecting pool in 1963. Trump claimed this renovation of the site would
reflecting pool on the US capital’s National Mall – [scene of Martin Luther King’s 1963 “I have a dream speech”](https://www.youtube.com/shorts/U4YDBQco2SE) – after it was drained of water and fenced off from
Lincoln Memorial. In April, a White House official [told the Guardian](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/apr/10/arc-de-trump-renderings) that the arch’s estimated cost was “still being calculated” and would be released in the near future. The official said
costs. After campaigning for years against the US engaging in “endless wars”, Trump has repeatedly drawn out the timeline of the war on Iran, which began with US and Israeli attacks in late February. Earlier
Lincoln Memorial’s reflecting pool](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/may/09/trump-no-bid-contract-lincoln-memorial-reflecting-pool), the latest in a string of court challenges to efforts to remake Washington DC landmarks from the US president and former real estate developer. The lawsuit, filed
Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, coating its gray bottom with a shade he described to reporters as "[American flag blue](https://www.npr.org/2026/04/28/nx-s1-5802343/reflecting-pool-resurfacing-blue-trump)." The 2,030-foot-long reflecting pool has been the backdrop of marches
Lincoln Memorial reflecting pool, one of Washington DC’s most historically symbolic attractions, is officially complete, and the public is getting its first glimpse of how the project’s $14.2m was spent. Contrary
Lincoln Memorial reflecting pool on 15 June 2026. Photograph: Ken Cedeno/Reuters The administration had claimed “residual” algae would be cleared in the immediate aftermath of the renovation. But it has proliferated amid warm weather
Lincoln Memorial’s reflecting pool with the caption “Dumacrats love sewage”. He called out the New York Times for reporting on his plan to revamp the reflecting pool, too, saying the paper
renovation, including a fresh coat of blue paint, the historic structure continues to face issues - most prominently algae turning the water a bright shade of green. The pool may need to be drained and refilled
Lincoln Memorial, hands clasped behind his back, looking over the ledge. The relatively new D.C. resident is a civil engineer who specializes in water treatment, and has been coming by the pool all week
Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool blue](https://www.npr.org/2026/05/11/g-s1-121548/a-nonprofit-has-sued-the-federal-government-over-its-plans-to-paint-the-lincoln-memorial-reflecting-pool-blue) "I wanted to lean into America's 250th birthday; Rachel and I actually met on a road trip on a reality TV show," Duffy said