Trump Reportedly Looking at D.C. Park for ‘Garden of Heroes’ 

The Trump administration is considering building a park in Washington, D.C., called the National Garden of American Heroes, according to two anonymous sources. washington post. West Potomac Park is located south of the National Mall, near the monuments to Presidents Martin Luther King Jr. and Franklin D. Roosevelt.

It’s unclear which part of the park is under review for placement of the sculpture garden. this postal noted that if he wants to use the south end of the park near the Jefferson Memorial, the president may have to seek a waiver under the Memorial Works Act, which limits the use of space around some federal lands in the District of Columbia. That part of the park has long been used as a sports field.

The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) allocated partial funding to this project in April 2025. The NEH, one of the nation’s most important funders of creative endeavors, had previously abruptly canceled most of its existing grant programs and notified recipients of the termination, saying the cancellations were “necessary to safeguard the interests of the federal government, including its fiscal priorities.” Rep. Cherry Pingree, D-Maine, said at the time that the funds had been awarded “and used funds that Congress had already appropriated on a bipartisan basis.”

Later that month, the agency announced a new grant program to design and build the statue, which was originally announced on January 18, 2021, two days before Trump left office after his false claims that the election was stolen led his supporters to storm the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021.

Congress then passed the so-called “Big Beauty Act” in July, appropriating about $40 million for the sculpture garden.

In a recent lengthy interview new york timesTrump said the sculpture garden “will probably be right on the Potomac River. You’ll see this, this area is touching the golf course.” It’s for this reason that Wrote erahis administration moved to seize control of Washington’s municipal golf courses. West Potomac Park near golf course, but not adjacent, writes postal.

“It’s not final yet,” he added, “but it’s close.”