2026年10月17日 美国东部时间晚上7:16 / 美国有线电视新闻网（CNN）
作者：阿丽娜·法亚兹、桑伦·瑟法蒂
更新于2026年10月17日 美国东部时间晚上7:20
发布于2026年10月17日 美国东部时间晚上7:16
4月16日，美国美术委员会成员马修·泰勒在国家建筑博物馆举行的美术委员会公开会议上，检视特朗普总统提议的为纪念美国建国250周年而打造的凯旋拱门模型。
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特朗普政府于周五公布了拟议中的250英尺高凯旋拱门的最终方案，其中明显剔除了特朗普总统为这个引发争议的项目辩护时提及的包括无人机和狙击手哨所在内的军事设施核心要素。
这份由联邦国家首都规划委员会公开的新文件显示，拱门的轮廓并未体现任何国家安全用途。相反，提交的方案将该项目描述为通往美国首都的“礼仪性门户”。
特朗普于今年9月宣布，这座将直接坐落于阿灵顿国家公墓对面的拱门，可储存大量无人机，并将作为军事狙击手的哨所，同时配备大量弹药。
这座拟议中的拱门是特朗普为将美国首都按照其理念重塑而推进的多个项目之一，引发了保护主义者及其他群体的法律诉讼。将拱门用于国家安全用途的说法，与特朗普为在东翼原址修建白宫宴会厅所提出的论点如出一辙。
拟议中的拱门将位于连接华盛顿特区与弗吉尼亚州的一个环岛中央，设有观景台可俯瞰阿灵顿国家公墓。提起诉讼阻止该建筑工程的退伍军人认为，这座高耸建筑会破坏公墓葬礼的肃穆氛围，而保护主义者则称，它会破坏包括林肯纪念堂、阿灵顿宅邸和罗伯特·E·李纪念堂在内的一系列国家地标视线通廊。
尽管周五提交的方案未包含特朗普描述的军事设施，但该建筑未来仍有可能增设这些功能。
美国内政部发言人周六对CNN表示，这座凯旋拱门的现有设计能够容纳特朗普在社交媒体帖子中强调的国家安全功能。该机构发言人表示，该建筑将“为退伍军人、逝者家属及所有美国民众提升阿灵顿国家公墓的游览体验”。
美国历史保护咨询委员会是行政分支内一个鲜为人知的独立联邦机构，上周就此事召开了非公开电话会议。据两名知情人士透露，该委员会表示，将把拱门作为军事资产使用的分析，与已进入历史审查和审批流程的建筑计划分开考量。
对将拱门用作军事设施的历史影响评估，必须由美国国防部提出申请，而目前国防部尚未向美国历史保护咨询委员会提交此类申请。
这种双轨并行的方式——即批准拱门建筑计划，同时单独考虑将其用作军事设施的意图——规避了一个问题，即拱门是否需要再次接受各关键委员会的审查和批准。
美国五角大楼将CNN的置评请求转交给白宫，但白宫尚未回应CNN的问询。
9月4日，车辆绕行华盛顿特区纪念环岛。
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剔除军事设施的方案已获得美国美术委员会批准，并得到国家首都规划委员会的初步认可，这两家是负责监督华盛顿特区建筑和设计变更的核心联邦机构。
国家首都规划委员会尚未为该项目给出最终批准，但政府正计划在11月的会议上推进审批。
Final plans for 250-foot triumphal arch omit Trump’s idea for military complex
2026-10-17 7:16 PM ET / CNN
By Aleena Fayaz, Sunlen Serfaty
Updated Oct 17, 2026, 7:20 PM ET
PUBLISHED Oct 17, 2026, 7:16 PM ET
Commission of Fine Arts member Matthew Taylor inspects a model of President Donald Trump’s proposed triumphal arch to commemorate the country’s 250th anniversary during a public meeting of the Commission of Fine Arts at the National Building Museum on April 16.
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The Trump administration on Friday released final plans for its proposed 250-foot triumphal arch, notably excluding key features of a military complex including drones and snipers that President Donald Trump used as justification for the controversial project.
In the new documents, made public by the federal National Capital Planning Commission, the contours of the arch do not appear to reflect a national security purpose. Instead, the plans submitted describe the project as a “ceremonial gateway” to the nation’s capital.
Trump announced in September that the arch that would sit directly across Arlington National Cemetery would store large numbers of drones and function as a post for military snipers, with a large cache of ammunition.
The proposed arch is among several projects Trump is pursuing in an effort to remake the nation’s capital in his image, prompting legal battles from preservationists and others. The idea of the arch being needed for national security purposes mirrors an argument Trump has made for building a White House ballroom where the East Wing once stood.
The proposed arch would sit squarely in a traffic circle connecting Washington DC to Virginia, with an observation deck offering views of Arlington National Cemetery. Veterans suing to stop its construction argue that the towering structure would break the solemnity of funerals at the cemetery, while preservations argue it would disrupt the sightline of the row of national landmarks that includes the Lincoln Memorial, Arlington House and the Robert E. Lee Memorial.
While the plans submitted Friday don’t include the military components Trump described, the structure still might feature them.
An Interior Department spokesperson told CNN on Saturday that the current design of the triumphal arch is capable of accommodating the national security functions Trump highlighted in a social media post. The agency spokesperson said the structure will “enhance the visitor experience at Arlington National Cemetery for veterans, the families of the fallen, and all Americans alike.”
The Advisory Council on Historic Preservation, a little-known independent federal agency within the executive branch, conducted a private call last week on the matter. The agency said that an analysis on the use of the arch as a military asset would be considered separately from construction plans that had already been making their way through a historical review and approval process, according to two sources close to the matter.
An evaluation on the historical impact of using the arch as a military complex would have to come at the request of the Department of Defense, which has yet to submit a request to the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation.
This dual track — approving the arch construction plans and the separate intent to use it as a military complex — sidesteps questions over whether the arch would need to be reviewed and approved by key commissions all over again.
The Pentagon referred CNN to the White House for comment, who has not responded to CNN’s inquiry.
People drive around Memorial Circle in Washington, DC, on September 4.
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The plans without the complex have been approved by the Commission of Fine Arts and have received preliminary approval from the National Capital Planning Commission, the two key federal agencies that oversee architecture and design changes in DC
The National Capital Planning Commission has not given final go-ahead for the project but the administration is eyeing November’s meeting for approval.
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