{"id":2808,"date":"2026-06-15T21:35:53","date_gmt":"2026-06-15T21:35:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bostonrelocationinsider.com\/?p=2808"},"modified":"2026-06-15T21:35:53","modified_gmt":"2026-06-15T21:35:53","slug":"trump-ordered-american-flag-blue-for-the-reflecting-pool-its-green-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bostonrelocationinsider.com\/?p=2808","title":{"rendered":"Trump ordered \u2018American flag blue\u2019 for the reflecting pool. It\u2019s green again."},"content":{"rendered":"<article>\n<div>\n<p><span>WASHINGTON &#8212; President Donald Trump wanted the reflecting pool at the Lincoln Memorial to look pristine. Photosynthesis had other plans.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/bostonrelocationinsider.com\/?p=2806\">Kennedy seeks to expedite appeal of ruling that blocked his vaccine policies<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span>Days after the Trump administration completed a $14.2 million project to coat the reflecting pool\u2019s concrete floor with dark blue waterproofing material, clumps of algae dotted the surface Sunday and Monday, giving parts of the pool a green hue.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The pool was gleaming when it was refilled last week. The project aimed to fix two long-standing problems, leaks and algal blooms, before the country\u2019s 250th birthday next month. But after several hot and humid days, the algae returned in force.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><span>Representatives for the Interior Department, which oversees the site, did not immediately respond to a request for comment. Katie Martin, a spokesperson for the department, said in an email last week that workers were removing \u201cresidual algae from the supply lines which have been sitting dormant for eight weeks while construction has been taking place.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div><span>Get Starting Point<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span>A guide through the most important stories of the morning, delivered Monday through Friday.<\/span><\/div>\n<div>\n<div><label>Enter Email<\/label><\/p>\n<div><button>Sign Up<\/button><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><span>Martin added last week that the algae would be gone soon. \u201cPresident Donald J. Trump is an expert builder who has fixed the Reflecting Pool for good,\u201d she said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Trump said last month that the pool had been \u201cfilthy\u201d and \u201cdirty\u201d for years. He said his changes would make the site \u201cbeautiful,\u201d adding that the waterproofing material on its floor was a color called \u201cAmerican flag blue.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>To repair the pool, Trump\u2019s administration awarded no-bid contracts to two hand-picked vendors, bypassing a legally required process of seeking competitive bids because of what officials declared an urgent need. (The administration said the urgency was justified because of the nation\u2019s 250th birthday party.)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The first no-bid contract went to a Virginia-based company, Atlantic Industrial Coatings, to seal leaky joints between the pool\u2019s concrete slabs and coat the slabs with the dark blue waterproofing material. The second went to Ohio-based Greenwater Services to add an upgraded water-purification system.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/bostonrelocationinsider.com\/?p=2804\">\u2018I\u2019m going to do everything in my power.\u2019 Healey says she supports a compromise on rent control ballot measure<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span>Atlantic Industrial Coatings finished its work June 4, and the pool was refilled soon after. It is unclear whether the new purification system has been installed yet.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>On Sunday, workers with the National Park Service waded in the reflecting pool and appeared to skim some algae blooms off the surface. They were joined by workers with Pearl Purity Water Solutions, a Maryland-based company that has held a contract since 2021 to treat the pool\u2019s water.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Representatives for Greenwater Services and Pearl Purity Water Solutions did not immediately respond to requests for comment.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>On Monday, as park service workers continued to clear the algae, throngs of tourists strolled around the pool in the summer sun. Bonnie Garvin, a teacher from Monticello, Georgia, said she was unbothered by the green hue.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cWe\u2019re not swimming in it, so it\u2019s not really an issue,\u201d Garvin said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>But Jessica Lea, a therapist from Portland, Oregon, said she was disappointed by her first visit to the century-old landmark.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cIt\u2019s pretty swampy,\u201d she said. \u201cIt could be cleaner. And I can\u2019t see any reflecting.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/bostonrelocationinsider.com\/?p=2802\">US Senate candidate with same name as incumbent Dan Sullivan ineligible for ballot, official rules<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span><i>This article originally appeared in <\/i><i>The New York Times<\/i><i>.<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Days after the Trump administration completed a $14.2 million project, clumps of algae dotted the surface Sunday and Monday, giving parts of the pool a green hue.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2807,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2808","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Trump ordered \u2018American flag blue\u2019 for the reflecting pool. 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