Kennedy Center says it has fully removed Trump's name from its building after court order
The venue said it complied after a federal judge ordered the removal, ending a brief renaming that drew onlookers and legal appeals.
- The Kennedy Center officially confirmed Saturday that President Donald Trump's name has been entirely removed from the building and its grounds, complying with a strict federal court order.
- The center's leadership filed a formal notice of compliance around 11:00 a.m. EDT, with Chief Operating Officer Matt Floca certifying under oath that crews successfully excised all physical exterior signage that purported to rename the venue after Trump.
- Workers carried out the removal under the shroud of heavy tarps during the predawn hours, preventing a crowd of gathered onlookers from witnessing the exact moment the 18 letters reading "The Donald J. Trump and" were unbolted from the marble facade.
- The Trump administration simultaneously scrubbed the president's name from digital spaces, updating the performing arts venue's official website, erasing references from its YouTube and voicemail channels, and officially withdrawing all related trademark applications.
- The legal resolution restores the venue's historic name—The John F. Kennedy Memorial Center for the Performing Arts—following a definitive ruling by U.S. District Judge Christopher Cooper, who affirmed that only Congress holds the legislative authority to alter a national monument.
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Whether on buildings, national park passes or government programs: Trump's name and image appears in more and more places in the US. In one case, resistance to it was now successful.
The façade of the prestigious theatre will no longer bear the name of Donald Trump, pursuant to a court decision.
Trump’s name gone from Kennedy Center’s facade - American Press
The letters spelling out President Donald Trump’s name on the facade of the Kennedy Center are now gone, the executive director of the performing arts venue said in a legal filing Saturday with the court that had ordered the removal. A tarp continued to hang over the scaffolding constructed for workers to remove Trump’s name from the building, making it impossible to immediately detect whether the only words remaining on its white marble portico…
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