[6][7] Donald Trump purchased the club in 2009 for $13 million from a bank after the previous owner defaulted on its loans.

An estimated 465 trees were removed to provide unobstructed views of the Potomac River, prompting objections from some.

[9] The Trump Organization officials said that many of the trees were weak, in danger of becoming diseased, and presented soil erosion problems; the Loudoun County urban forester and other county officials "did not oppose cutting down some unhealthy trees" but did not feel "that the extent of the removal was necessary".

The monument claims that "Many great American soldiers, both of the North and South, died at this spot.

The plaque's claim is dubious, as a number of Civil War historians pointed out; no documented battle took place at or near the site.