The Interior Department on Thursday said it would regild the four gold-plated Arts of War and Arts of Peace equestrian statues near the Lincoln Memorial.

Each of the statues were sent as a gift to the U.S. from Italy about 75 years ago.

The new regilding project is slated to cost $5.1 million and marks the latest million-dollar effort to renovate or update existing architecture in the nation’s capital. Most recently, President Trump and Interior Secretary Doug Burgum have touted updates to the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool.

“We’re auramaxxing Washington, D.C. ahead of America’s 250th birthday,” the department wrote in a post on social platform X, embracing a Gen Z lifestyle term focused on maximizing your “aura.”

The administration said preparations for America 250 celebrations are accelerating, resulting in the first regilding of the four statues since 1971. The effort was first reported by NOTUS.

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