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Preservation Group Launches Legal Defense Fund as It Battles Trump over Ballroom and Other Projects
The campaign will fund legal defense, public advocacy and community action as more than 500 leaders gather at the summit.
- On Wednesday, The National Trust announced a $10 million legal defense fund at the National Preservation Summit in Washington, with CEO Brent Leggs launching the initiative to combat urgent threats to historic sites.
- Leggs described the fund as a response to what he called a "generational threat" from administration projects, including plans to raze the East Wing for a ballroom and renovate the Kennedy Center.
- Although The Supreme Court ruled last month the group lacked standing to challenge the White House project, the Kennedy Center was abruptly closed to the public last week.
- Resources from the fund will bolster the organization's legal division and government relations staff, providing support for public advocacy and community action to ensure America's tangible heritage survives.
- As the first legal defense fund of its kind for the nonprofit, it targets broader regulatory threats including proposed changes to the National Historic Preservation Act, with Leggs indicating additional lawsuits are being prepared.
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Preservation group launches legal defense fund as it battles Trump over ballroom and other projects
The National Trust for Historic Preservation has been at the forefront of efforts to halt President Donald Trump’s massive White House ballroom project.
·New York, United States
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National Trust President and CEO Announces Groundbreaking $10M "Historic Preservation Defense Fund" Campaign at the 2026 National Preservation Summit
/PRNewswire/ -- Brent Leggs, the newly appointed President and CEO of the National Trust for Historic Preservation, today announced the establishment of the...
·Chicago, United States
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