Kennedy family members join lawsuit to block Trump’s triumphal arch

November 10, 2026 / 8:23 PM EST / CBS News

Several members of the Kennedy family have joined the legal battle to prevent President Trump from building a large triumphal arch near Arlington National Cemetery.

In court filings Tuesday, nine members of the famous family — including several children and grandchildren of Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy and Sen. Ted Kennedy — argued the 250-foot-tall arch would block the sightlines of the Kennedy family's gravesites and the "Eternal Flame" commemorating President John F. Kennedy. The three brothers — Robert F. Kennedy, Ted Kennedy and John F. Kennedy — are buried at Arlington.

The family members wrote that the project will "permanently cast a shadow over the graves of servicemen and women who made the ultimate sacrifice for this country, including the Kennedy Gravesites."

The family members are seeking to intervene as plaintiffs in a lawsuit opposing the arch from the city of Washington, D.C., and the Commonwealth of Virginia. Several Vietnam War veterans are also suing the Trump administration over the arch.

"Americans from every corner of the country visit Arlington to honor those who served and sacrificed for our nation," Rory Kennedy and Maxwell Kennedy said in a statement…

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