Posted: 8/4/2025 11:42:01 PM EDT
    A statue of a Confederate general that was toppled and burned in Washington D.C. during the Black Lives Matter protests of 2020 will be reinstalled under President Donald Trump. The National Park Service announced on Monday that its crews are working to restore and reinstall the bronze sculpture of Confederate Brigadier General Albert Pike that once stood in the nation's capital. It was the only statue depicting a Confederate leader in Washington DC until demonstrators used ropes to pull down the structure outside of the Metropolitan Police Department Headquarters. They then doused the figure in lighter fluid and set it ablaze on live television. President Trump - then in his first-term - immediately called for the statue to be put back up, but it has remained in storage ever since. Officials now hope to get the statue back up by October, as they shared a photo of a worker removing corrosion and paint from the site. 'Site preparation to repair the statue's damaged masonry plinth will begin shortly, with crews repairing broken stone, mortar joints and mounting elements,' the National Park Service said. It added that the move to reinstall the statue is in accordance with executive orders Trump signed to beautify Washington DC and restore 'truth and sanity to American history.'  The National Park Service shared this photo of a worker removing corrosion and paint from the statue of Brigadier General Albert Pike Under the order, Trump directed Secretary of the Interior Doug Burgum to determine whether statues have been removed since the Black Lives Matter protests of 2020 to 'perpetuate a false reconstruction of American history, inappropriately minimize the value of certain historical events or figures, or include any other improper partisan ideology.' The Pike statue has long been a source of contention in Washington DC. It was originally dedicated in 1901 at the behest of the Freemasons, who successfully lobbied Congress to grant them land for the statue they said would honor Pike's 32 years as Sovereign Grand Commander of the Ancient Rite of Scottish Freemasonry. Congress agreed to give the Masons the land so long as Pike would be depicted in civilian, and not military clothing. The DC City Council called for its removal for the first time in 1992, and Delegate to the House of Representatives Eleanor Holmes Norton has introduced multiple bills in Congress to get it removed in the decades that followed, NBC Washington reports. One such resolution referred to Pike as a 'chief founder of the post Civil War Ku Klux Klan,' a claim the Masons strongly deny. But Pike did lead a regimen of Native Americans in Arkansas who sided with the Confederacy and were accused of scalping Union troops in an 1862 battle. He eventually received a pardon from President Andrew Johnson for his wartime actions and went on to become a prominent member of the Freemasons.   During the riots in 2020, protesters spray painted the statue, decrying Pike as a 'racist' and sharing their support for the Black Lives Matter movement. It was one of many such Confederate statues toppled that summer, which Trump decried in his first term. 'Very sad to see States allowing roving gangs of wise guys, anarchists & looters, many of them having no idea what they are doing, indiscriminately ripping down our statues and monuments to the past,' he tweeted at the time. 'Some are great works of art, but all represent our History & Heritage, both the good and the bad. 'It is important for us to understand and remember, even in turbulent and difficult times, and learn from them. Knowledge comes from the most unusual of places!' The president also hit out at police for 'not doing their job as they watch a statue be ripped down & burned after it was reported that officers did not respond to the scene until approximately an hour after the crowds gathered - despite police headquarters being mere feet away, WUSA reports. By then, the statue had already been toppled and torched, with officers left only able to extinguish the flames. Continued |
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Quoted: https://media.wusa9.com/assets/WUSA/images/e9b33919-f6c3-42bb-aa82-41c3cca61a6c/e9b33919-f6c3-42bb-aa82-41c3cca61a6c_1140x641.jpg https://media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com/image/upload/t_fit-1500w,f_auto,q_auto:best/rockcms/2025-08/250804-confederate-statue-albert-pike-vl-303p-f1f281.jpg https://media.wusa9.com/assets/WUSA/images/bbec0d52-13dd-4f45-aebc-ef3a9fb0cdcf/bbec0d52-13dd-4f45-aebc-ef3a9fb0cdcf_1140x641.jpg https://historicsites.dcpreservation.org/files/fullsize/1a1aad210c4d72b22de908b96531c6c6.jpg A statue of a Confederate general that was toppled and burned in Washington D.C. during the Black Lives Matter protests of 2020 will be reinstalled under President Donald Trump. The National Park Service announced on Monday that its crews are working to restore and reinstall the bronze sculpture of Confederate Brigadier General Albert Pike that once stood in the nation's capital. It was the only statue depicting a Confederate leader in Washington DC until demonstrators used ropes to pull down the structure outside of the Metropolitan Police Department Headquarters. They then doused the figure in lighter fluid and set it ablaze on live television. President Trump - then in his first-term - immediately called for the statue to be put back up, but it has remained in storage ever since. Officials now hope to get the statue back up by October, as they shared a photo of a worker removing corrosion and paint from the site. 'Site preparation to repair the statue's damaged masonry plinth will begin shortly, with crews repairing broken stone, mortar joints and mounting elements,' the National Park Service said. It added that the move to reinstall the statue is in accordance with executive orders Trump signed to beautify Washington DC and restore 'truth and sanity to American history.' https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/08/05/03/100924449-14970743-The_National_Park_Service_shared_this_photo_of_a_worker_removing-a-27_1754361437174.jpg The National Park Service shared this photo of a worker removing corrosion and paint from the statue of Brigadier General Albert Pike Under the order, Trump directed Secretary of the Interior Doug Burgum to determine whether statues have been removed since the Black Lives Matter protests of 2020 to 'perpetuate a false reconstruction of American history, inappropriately minimize the value of certain historical events or figures, or include any other improper partisan ideology.' The Pike statue has long been a source of contention in Washington DC. It was originally dedicated in 1901 at the behest of the Freemasons, who successfully lobbied Congress to grant them land for the statue they said would honor Pike's 32 years as Sovereign Grand Commander of the Ancient Rite of Scottish Freemasonry. Congress agreed to give the Masons the land so long as Pike would be depicted in civilian, and not military clothing. The DC City Council called for its removal for the first time in 1992, and Delegate to the House of Representatives Eleanor Holmes Norton has introduced multiple bills in Congress to get it removed in the decades that followed, NBC Washington reports. One such resolution referred to Pike as a 'chief founder of the post Civil War Ku Klux Klan,' a claim the Masons strongly deny. But Pike did lead a regimen of Native Americans in Arkansas who sided with the Confederacy and were accused of scalping Union troops in an 1862 battle. He eventually received a pardon from President Andrew Johnson for his wartime actions and went on to become a prominent member of the Freemasons. https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/08/05/03/100924497-14970743-The_statue_which_was_erected_in_1901_was_defaced_during_the_Blac-a-28_1754361437187.jpg https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/08/05/03/100924323-14970743-Protesters_used_ropes_to_topple_the_statue_then_set_it_on_fire-a-4_1754361139252.jpg During the riots in 2020, protesters spray painted the statue, decrying Pike as a 'racist' and sharing their support for the Black Lives Matter movement. It was one of many such Confederate statues toppled that summer, which Trump decried in his first term. 'Very sad to see States allowing roving gangs of wise guys, anarchists & looters, many of them having no idea what they are doing, indiscriminately ripping down our statues and monuments to the past,' he tweeted at the time. 'Some are great works of art, but all represent our History & Heritage, both the good and the bad. 'It is important for us to understand and remember, even in turbulent and difficult times, and learn from them. Knowledge comes from the most unusual of places!' The president also hit out at police for 'not doing their job as they watch a statue be ripped down & burned after it was reported that officers did not respond to the scene until approximately an hour after the crowds gathered - despite police headquarters being mere feet away, WUSA reports. By then, the statue had already been toppled and torched, with officers left only able to extinguish the flames. Continued 'Very sad to see States allowing roving gangs of wise guys, anarchists & looters, many of them having no idea what they are doing, indiscriminately ripping down our statues and monuments to the past,' he tweeted at the time. 'Some are great works of art, but all represent our History & Heritage, both the good and the bad. 'It is important for us to understand and remember, even in turbulent and difficult times, and learn from them. Knowledge comes from the most unusual of places!' It's super funny to see the NPCs who are unable or unwilling to realize this simple, basic truth. DJT is wiser than he lets on. |
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Quoted: One such resolution referred to Pike as a 'chief founder of the post Civil War Ku Klux Klan,' a claim the Masons strongly deny. So he was a Democrat Attached File |
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President Trump - then in his first-term - immediately called for the statue to be put back up, but it has remained in storage ever since. Why did it not happen the first time, damage? Dems hate American history and statues that offend them but yet they celebrated Senator Byrd. |
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The democrats Sturmabteilung attacked pretty much every statue of a White man George Washington  Matthias W. Baldwin  In 1835, he donated money to establish a school for African-American children in Philadelphia and continued to pay the teachers' salaries out of his own pocket for years thereafter.[3] Baldwin was an outspoken supporter for the abolition of slavery in the United States, a position that was used against him and his firm by competitors eager to sell locomotives to railroads based in the slaveholding South.[3] |
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Albert Pike....Is Trump a Freemason? Pike would be far from my pick for any statue to be restored. Not because he was a Freemason or Confederate, but because he was a crazy piece of shit that incited an Indian Revolt and fled to Canada. The kind of BS leftists do now, but they don't flee anywhere. |
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Quoted: The democrats Sturmabteilung attacked pretty much every statue of a White man George Washington https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/31782/bald2-1484347.jpg Matthias W. Baldwin https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/31782/bald-1458328.jpg In 1835, he donated money to establish a school for African-American children in Philadelphia and continued to pay the teachers' salaries out of his own pocket for years thereafter.[3] Baldwin was an outspoken supporter for the abolition of slavery in the United States, a position that was used against him and his firm by competitors eager to sell locomotives to railroads based in the slaveholding South.[3] When they tore down the statue of Lincoln I was literally in tears... laughing. |
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Quoted: The democrats Sturmabteilung attacked pretty much every statue of a White man George Washington https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/31782/bald2-1484347.jpg Matthias W. Baldwin https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/31782/bald-1458328.jpg In 1835, he donated money to establish a school for African-American children in Philadelphia and continued to pay the teachers' salaries out of his own pocket for years thereafter.[3] Baldwin was an outspoken supporter for the abolition of slavery in the United States, a position that was used against him and his firm by competitors eager to sell locomotives to railroads based in the slaveholding South.[3] And in what regard should we hold those who deface with spray paint today, the figures our predecessors immortalized in bronze then? Not much. So prepare, and act accordingly. |
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Quoted: Quoted: One such resolution referred to Pike as a 'chief founder of the post Civil War Ku Klux Klan,' a claim the Masons strongly deny. So he was a Democrat /media/mediaFiles/sharedAlbum/Different-1104.gif That whole thing was democrats attempting to cover up, whitewash, forget, and obfuscate their culpability with slavery and the Civil War. |
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Quoted: President Trump - then in his first-term - immediately called for the statue to be put back up, but it has remained in storage ever since. Why did it not happen the first time, damage? Dems hate American history and statues that offend them but yet they celebrated Senator Byrd. They hate American History that blames the slave trade, KKK, assholes like Bull Conner, and Jim Crow securely in their purview. |
If I had Elon money id rebuild them 50 stories high and put them right next to interstates with matching gigantic flag. Robert E Lee this size.  Attached File |
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Quoted: Albert Pike....Is Trump a Freemason? Pike would be far from my pick for any statue to be restored. Not because he was a Freemason or Confederate, but because he was a crazy piece of shit that incited an Indian Revolt and fled to Canada. The kind of BS leftists do now, but they don't flee anywhere. Yeah this. It's a peculiar choice. If we're restoring Confederate statues, seems Lee or somebody would be the obvious first choice. I'm not saying there's any conspiracy stuff going on. I'm just saying that there will be people who come along who will, and they're smart enough to know this in advance. ETA: Seems it was the only Confederate statue in DC. Fine, but you also have to wonder why this is the only Confederate statue in DC. Maybe because it isn't about Confederate things. Just saying, someone will come along shortly and point this out. |
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Quoted: The democrats Sturmabteilung attacked pretty much every statue of a White man George Washington https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/31782/bald2-1484347.jpg Matthias W. Baldwin https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/31782/bald-1458328.jpg In 1835, he donated money to establish a school for African-American children in Philadelphia and continued to pay the teachers' salaries out of his own pocket for years thereafter.[3] Baldwin was an outspoken supporter for the abolition of slavery in the United States, a position that was used against him and his firm by competitors eager to sell locomotives to railroads based in the slaveholding South.[3] Baldwin: Baldwin was a member of the 1837 Pennsylvania Constitutional Convention and emerged as a defender of voting rights for the state's black male citizens. (wiki) How dare any white man be lauded for supporting persons of color.....that is only for White Progressives. |
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Quoted: If I had Elon money id rebuild them 50 stories high and put them right next to interstates with matching gigantic flag. Robert E Lee this size. https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/92687/IMG_8201_jpeg-3600836.JPG I’d pick Stonewall Jackson or Nathan Bedford Forrest, but I like where your head is at. |
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Quoted: Yeah this. It's a peculiar choice. If we're restoring Confederate statues, seems Lee or somebody would be the obvious first choice. I'm not saying there's any conspiracy stuff going on. I'm just saying that there will be people who come along who will, and they're smart enough to know this in advance. ETA: Seems it was the only Confederate statue in DC. Fine, but you also have to wonder why this is the only Confederate statue in DC. Maybe because it isn't about Confederate things. Just saying, someone will come along shortly and point this out. Quoted: Quoted: Albert Pike....Is Trump a Freemason? Pike would be far from my pick for any statue to be restored. Not because he was a Freemason or Confederate, but because he was a crazy piece of shit that incited an Indian Revolt and fled to Canada. The kind of BS leftists do now, but they don't flee anywhere. Yeah this. It's a peculiar choice. If we're restoring Confederate statues, seems Lee or somebody would be the obvious first choice. I'm not saying there's any conspiracy stuff going on. I'm just saying that there will be people who come along who will, and they're smart enough to know this in advance. ETA: Seems it was the only Confederate statue in DC. Fine, but you also have to wonder why this is the only Confederate statue in DC. Maybe because it isn't about Confederate things. Just saying, someone will come along shortly and point this out. DC is within Trump’s control. As a rule, he can’t exactly issue an edict to force the state of Virginia to restore Monument Avenue. |
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Quoted: If I had Elon money id rebuild them 50 stories high and put them right next to interstates with matching gigantic flag. Robert E Lee this size. https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/92687/IMG_8201_jpeg-3600836.JPG I hope you someday have Elon money. |