The Washington Monument reflects in the evening light in in the newly renovated Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool that is in the process of refilling, Friday, June 5, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/John McDonnell
Workers refill the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool after several months of repairs on Friday, June 5, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/John McDonnell)
A duck swims by workers in the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool which is being refilled after months of repairs, on Friday, June 5, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/John McDonnell
The Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool begins to refill with water, Friday, June 5, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Allison Robbert)
The Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool is being refilled after several months of repairs on Friday, June 5, 2026, in Washington, with the Washington Monument in the background. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)
A U.S. Park Police helicopter flies over the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool as it begins to refill with water, Friday, June 5, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Allison Robbert)
Workers concentrate on a plumbing fixture in the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, which is refilling after months of repairs, Friday, June 5, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/John McDonnell
A blue protective coating, as part of a renovation project to the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, is seen being sprayed, Friday, May 29, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)
Early morning joggers observer the refilling of the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, on Friday, June 5, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/John McDonnell
National Guard soldiers patrol at the base of the Washington Monument, on Friday, June 5, 2026, in Washington, looking toward the Lincoln Memorial. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)
The Washington Monument is seen through a tarp as work continues near the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool ahead of the United States' 250th anniversary, Thursday, June 4, 2026 in Washington. (AP Photo/Rod Lamkey, Jr.)
A worker puts finishing touches on the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool after it was coated in a blue swimming pool surface ahead of the United States' 250th anniversary, Wednesday, June 3, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)
A worker places a grate in the center of the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool as work continues, Wednesday, June 3, 2026 in Washington. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)
The Washington Monument is seen as an unidentified man takes a picture of work being done at the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, Thursday, June 4, 2026 in Washington. (AP Photo/Stephanie Scarbrough)
Water flows into the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, Thursday, June 4, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Rod Lamkey, Jr.)
Work continues on the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, Thursday, June 4, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Stephanie Scarbrough)
A worker clears paper from around the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool after it was coated in a blue swimming pool surface ahead of the United States' 250th anniversary, Wednesday, June 3, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)
The renovation project to apply a blue protective coating to the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, Wednesday, June 3 2026, in Washington, as seen from the Washington Monument. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)
President Donald Trump holds a poster of the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, left, as he speaks in the Oval Office of the White House, Wednesday, June 3, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
Work continues on the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool after it was coated in a blue swimming pool surface ahead of the United States' 250th anniversary, Thursday, June 4, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)
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By ALEX BRANDON, JULIA DEMAREE NIKHINSON, RAHMAT GUL, ROD LAMKEY, JR., JOHN MCDONNELL, ALLISON ROBBERT, and STEPHANIE SCARBROUGH
WASHINGTON (AP) — Water has started flowing into the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool after President Donald Trump’s renovation, which included painting the basin a deep shade he called “American flag blue.”
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