Washington's Reflecting Pool is getting a new, swimming pool-style surface

Washington's Reflecting Pool is getting a new, swimming pool-style surface

 Andrew Leyden

Workers on Saturday were resurfacing the bottom of Washington's famous Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool with "American flag blue"-colored material used in swimming pools, following an order by US President Donald Trump.

The project -- part of the capital city's sprucing up ahead of the nation's 250th anniversary celebrations on July 4 -- will cost about $1.5 million and take roughly three weeks, Trump told reporters Thursday.

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