The U.S. Senate in the 1930s authorized a memorial on Chevy Chase Circle. Money was raised for the installation of Francis G. Newlands Memorial Fountain. Newlands’ white supremacist views led to proposals and local debate about renaming the fountain in 2014.
Despite involvement by local members of Congress, no action has been taken as of December 2022. Meanwhile, the National Park Service
convened an expert group in 2020 to design a way-sign on Newlands and the fountain to be placed on the southeast perimeter of the Circle.