Construction crews erected scaffolding at the Kennedy Center overnight as they prepared to strip President Donald Trump’s name from the building.
Work accelerated after a federal judge ruled in May that only Congress may rename the performing arts center.
The board had voted in December to add Trump’s name alongside John F. Kennedy’s, prompting lawsuits from artists and patrons.
Contractors missed a Friday midnight removal deadline before labor resumed around 1:20 a.m. Saturday.
Passersby recorded the predawn operation along the Potomac River waterfront.
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