Aug 15
The Great American Seal Gasket Crisis: When the Reflecting Pool Became a National Security Threat
Nothing says ‘civil disorder’ quite like a $14 million waterproof lining peeling off the Reflecting Pool like a sunburnt tourist’s peel-and-stick tattoo. There are sacred battlegrounds in American history. Gettysburg. Valley Forge. The grassy knoll. And now, the shallow end of the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, a body of water historically designed to reflect Abraham Lincoln’s giant, brooding…
