By ALEX BRANDON, JULIA DEMAREE NIKHINSON, RAHMAT GUL, ROD LAMKEY, JR., JOHN MCDONNELL, ALLISON ROBBERT, and STEPHANIE SCARBROUGH
WASHINGTON (AP) — Water has started flowing into the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool after President Donald Trump’s renovation, which included painting the basin a deep shade he called “American flag blue.”
This is a photo gallery curated by AP photo editors.
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The Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool begins to refill with water, Friday, June 5, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Allison Robbert) -
A duck swims by workers in the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool which is being refilled after months of repairs, on Friday, June 5, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/John McDonnell -
The Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool begins to refill with water, Friday, June 5, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Allison Robbert) -
Work continues on the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool after it was coated in a blue swimming pool surface ahead of the United States’ 250th anniversary, Thursday, June 4, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson) -
President Donald Trump holds a poster of the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, left, as he speaks in the Oval Office of the White House, Wednesday, June 3, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon) -
The renovation project to apply a blue protective coating to the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, Wednesday, June 3 2026, in Washington, as seen from the Washington Monument. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul) -
A worker clears paper from around the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool after it was coated in a blue swimming pool surface ahead of the United States’ 250th anniversary, Wednesday, June 3, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson) -
A worker walks through water as it flows into the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, ahead of the United States 250th anniversary, Thursday, June 4, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Rod Lamkey, Jr.) -
Work continues on the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, Thursday, June 4, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Stephanie Scarbrough) -
Water flows into the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, Thursday, June 4, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Rod Lamkey, Jr.) -
The Washington Monument is seen as an unidentified man takes a picture of work being done at the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, Thursday, June 4, 2026 in Washington. (AP Photo/Stephanie Scarbrough) -
A worker places a grate in the center of the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool as work continues, Wednesday, June 3, 2026 in Washington. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson) -
A worker puts finishing touches on the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool after it was coated in a blue swimming pool surface ahead of the United States’ 250th anniversary, Wednesday, June 3, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson) -
The Washington Monument is seen through a tarp as work continues near the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool ahead of the United States’ 250th anniversary, Thursday, June 4, 2026 in Washington. (AP Photo/Rod Lamkey, Jr.) -
National Guard soldiers patrol at the base of the Washington Monument, on Friday, June 5, 2026, in Washington, looking toward the Lincoln Memorial. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul) -
Early morning joggers observer the refilling of the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, on Friday, June 5, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/John McDonnell -
A blue protective coating, as part of a renovation project to the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, is seen being sprayed, Friday, May 29, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul) -
Workers concentrate on a plumbing fixture in the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, which is refilling after months of repairs, Friday, June 5, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/John McDonnell -
A U.S. Park Police helicopter flies over the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool as it begins to refill with water, Friday, June 5, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Allison Robbert) -
The Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool is being refilled after several months of repairs on Friday, June 5, 2026, in Washington, with the Washington Monument in the background. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul) -
Workers refill the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool after several months of repairs on Friday, June 5, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/John McDonnell)
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The Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool begins to refill with water, Friday, June 5, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Allison Robbert)
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