Event Dime

Kennedy Center Orders Staff to Strip Trump's Name from Documents and Signage

When:

June 4, 2026 · 7:21 PM

Source:

Broadway Message Board and Forum

The Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts has instructed its employees to begin scrubbing President Trump's name from the institution's official materials, according to an internal memo from the general counsel's office reported by The New York Times. The directive landed only days after a federal judge found that the board had acted unlawfully when it voted to attach the president's name to the Washington building. Staff were told to make the changes to forms and other documents right away, wi