Kennedy Center gets renamed to Trump-Kennedy Center

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The Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts has been renamed after a vote by the Kennedy Center Board of Trustees. The signage of the center was changed on December 20, 2025, and now reads "The Donald J. Trump and The John F. Kennedy Memorial Center for the Performing Arts."

This renaming was also under scrutiny by experts and officials like U.S. Representative Joyce Beatty. Several, have called it "illegal," citing The Kennedy Center Act of 1964: "SEC. 11. The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, designated by this Act, shall be the sole national memorial to the late John Fitzgerald Kennedy within the city of Washington and its environs."

== Sources ==

Sophia Barnes, Aimee Cho, News4 reporter, and NBC Washington Staff. Trump's name installed on Kennedy Center without legal approval by Congress — NBC4 Washington, December 19, 2025

Joe Calabrese. Donald Trump's name added to Kennedy Center day after renaming vote — FOX 5 DC, December 19, 2025

== External links ==

Kennedy Center Act of 1964

Kennedy Center Official Website