For the first time in nearly two decades, the Columbus Fountain in front of Washington, DC’s Union Station is flowing thanks to the Trump Administration’s efforts to beautify the Capital.
Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy also announced during a ceremony at Columbus Circle that the Department of Transportation is giving a $465 million grant to rejuvenate the train station.
“It’s going to fast track critical structural repairs to this building, things like a roof,” Duffy announced, adding that it will be used to “fix the roof, enhance the passenger concourses, the Amtrak lounge, and the ticketing experience.”
“We’re going to maximize the station’s revenue potential with retail, with parking, with office spaces, with digital signage, and a lot more. We’re going to improve security, and we’re going to invest in family-friendly infrastructure,” he added.
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In our effort to follow the President’s call to make DC beautiful and great again, we are announcing that we are giving a grant from DOT to Union Station for $465 million. It’s going to fast track critical structural repairs to this building, things like a roof. We can’t have leaks in our Union Station roof, so we’re going to fix the roof, enhance the passenger concourses, the Amtrak lounge, and the ticketing experience. We’re going to maximize the station’s revenue potential with retail, with parking, with office spaces, with digital signage, and a lot more. We’re going to improve security, and we’re going to invest in family-friendly infrastructure.
The beautiful fountain is replacing the tarnished, homelessness-infested dump that had been there for years.
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Happening now: Columbus Circle at Union Station is completely restored as part of Trump’s effort to make “DC Safe and Beautiful.”
Secretary Burgum and Secretary Duffy are here to cut the ribbon for the official reopening. pic.twitter.com/nJX42Syw7d
— Reagan Reese (@reaganreese_) May 28, 2026
Secretary Duffy and Secretary of the Interior Doug Burgum participated in a ribbon-cutting ceremony for the restored fountain on Thursday morning.
The ribbon has been cut. Columbus Circle at Union Station is officially restored. The fencing around the circle will come down tomorrow, making it officially back open to the public. pic.twitter.com/BRqkL55eLJ
— Reagan Reese (@reaganreese_) May 28, 2026
ABC 7 reports,
The 15-feet tall monument at the center of the fountain was erected and dedicated in 1912 and commemorates Christopher Columbus’ 1492 voyage.
According to D.C. Historic Sites, the fountain stopped working in 2007 and was never repaired until now.
The work was complete thanks to President Donald Trump’s executive order on “Making the District of Columbia Safe and Beautiful.”
The Columbus Fountain is just one of many historic landmarks brought back to life under the initiative. On May 18, water started flowing again at the Cascading Fountain in Meridian Hill Park after it was nonfunctional for seven years.
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