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The Trump Administration Is Spending $5 Million to Coat Horse Statues in Gold [View all]
The Interior Department quickly gave nearly $100 million in contracts in a rush to beautify D.C.
Four massive bronze horses positioned along the roads surrounding the Lincoln Memorial still shine in the sun from their first restoration in the 1970s. But their gold-toned coating is faded and patchy, and their heavy stone bases are cracked and dirty.
The Trump administration wants them glittering with a fresh coat of gold in time for America’s 250th anniversary on July 4. So in mid-April, the National Park Service handed a $5 million contract to a gilding studio in Maryland to repair the statues and cover them with a thick layer of 23.75-karat gold leaf.
It awarded the project without a full competition, according to NPS documents reviewed by NOTUS.
https://www.notus.org/trump-white-house/national-park-service-dc-beautification-contracts-horse-statues
Four massive bronze horses positioned along the roads surrounding the Lincoln Memorial still shine in the sun from their first restoration in the 1970s. But their gold-toned coating is faded and patchy, and their heavy stone bases are cracked and dirty.
The Trump administration wants them glittering with a fresh coat of gold in time for America’s 250th anniversary on July 4. So in mid-April, the National Park Service handed a $5 million contract to a gilding studio in Maryland to repair the statues and cover them with a thick layer of 23.75-karat gold leaf.
It awarded the project without a full competition, according to NPS documents reviewed by NOTUS.
https://www.notus.org/trump-white-house/national-park-service-dc-beautification-contracts-horse-statues
The Trump administration is spending million to coat horse statues near the Lincoln Memorial in gold.
— NOTUS (@notus.com) 2026-05-28T17:59:12.70245182Z
https://www.notus.org/trump-white-house/national-park-service-dc-beautification-contracts-horse-statues
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