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WATCH: Questions surround $14M Reflecting Pool renovation as new paint peels off the bottom

Washington’s iconic Reflecting Pool is still green from algae – and now the “American Flag Blue” paint is peeling off the bottom. Grouped from 4 articles across 3 sources.

4 reports3 sourcesJun 19, 2026, 11:43 AM
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ABC NewsJun 19, 2026, 11:43 AM

WATCH: Questions surround $14M Reflecting Pool renovation as new paint peels off the bottom

Washington’s iconic Reflecting Pool is still green from algae – and now the “American Flag Blue” paint is peeling off the bottom.

Al JazeeraJun 19, 2026, 1:00 AM

Paint peeling after $14 million memorial pool renovation

Paint is peeling and algae is blooming less than two weeks after the $14 million renovation of DC’s Reflecting Pool.

The Globe and MailJun 19, 2026, 12:22 AM

Tourists decry peeling paint in remodelled Washington Reflecting Pool

The paint on Washington's newly renovated Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool on Thursday was peeling away from the bottom and into the algae-tinted water, less than two weeks after U.S. President Donald Trump announced the job's completion.

The Globe and MailJun 18, 2026, 7:25 PM

Trump’s remodelled Reflecting Pool turns green again just days after $14-million renovation

‘American flag blue’ paint has turned chartreuse from an algal bloom that park service workers are struggling to address

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