A Confederate Statue Is Restored as Part of Trump's Efforts to Reshape How History Is Told
The Trump administration has restored a memorial to a Confederate general in Washington, D.C. that demonstrators took down during racial justice protests in the summer of 2020.
The statue of Albert Pike, a Confederate general and diplomat who later served on the Arkansas Supreme Court, is the only outdoor statue of a Confederate leader in the nation’s capital.
Racial justice protestors in 2020 removed the statue from its pedestal and set it on fire on Juneteenth, a holiday among Black Americans that commemorates the end of slavery.
The day was recognized as a federal holiday the following year.
Author's summary: Trump restores Confederate statue.
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