The Trump administration is eyeing a Washington, D.C. park for its “National Garden of American Heroes,” according to two sources speaking anonymously to the Washington Post. West Potomac Park is south of the National Mall, near memorials to Martin Luther King Jr. and president Franklin D. Roosevelt.
Just what part of the park is under review for the placement of the sculpture garden is not clear. The Post notes that if he wants to use the southern tip of the park, which is near the Jefferson Memorial, the president would likely have to seek an exemption under the Commemorative Works Act, which restricts the use of space around some federal lands in the District of Columbia. That section of the park has long been used as athletic fields.
