Posted on 08/05/2025 6:48:21 AM PDT by dennisw
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.'
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.
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.
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.'
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And of course, Pike was a Democrat.
Bravo put all the statues back up it’s our history regardless of present inhabitants like it
Nothing the left supports is controversial. BLM painted slogan on street isn’t. 150 year old Confederate statute is.
“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.”
…so he was a real meanie!!! And a Democrat.
Pike was a Democrat.
Trump showing they never gave up owning people and expanded color and race of them.
is the Charlottesville statue still down....it has added significance ?
I don’t see Pike’s name connected to founding of KKK.
The Ku Klux Klan was founded on December 24, 1865, in Pulaski, Tennessee, by six former officers of the Confederate Army: Frank McCord, Richard Reed, John Lester, John Kennedy, J. Calvin Jones, and James Crowe. It began as a fraternal organization but quickly transformed into a group promoting white supremacy and violence against African Americans and their allies.
Personally, I don’t care if Pike’s statue is put back or not. I’d probably leave it down. Ironically, it was erected to appease Dixiecrats at a time when the pro-Confederacy wing of the Dems was in ascendance.
It's not. It was connected to the KGC.
We shouldn't try to erase history. And we should certainly point out the motives (who was for what).
Correct.
Agreed.
Better put security on it 24/7....if not I guarantee it’ll get vandalized again
> Personally, I don’t care if Pike’s statue is put back or not. <
I’m with you on that. I suppose it should be returned just to show that history should not be erased. But on the other hand, what did Pike do that deserves respect and recognition in the first place?
Many opponents of our country do deserve that respect and recognition. Robert E. Lee and Geronimo are two examples. But Pike?
President Trump asked Secretary of the Interior Doug Burgum to determine if leftist commies:
1. perpetuate a false reconstruction of American history
2. inappropriately minimize the value of certain historical events or figures
3. include any other improper partisan ideology
Burgum can submit his report today. “Yes, yes, and yes.”
The cowardly commies won’t effect their color revolution at the ballot box. Instead, hey do it by inflaming ignorant, easily duped, weak-minded imbeciles using spray paint, ropes and mobs.
You can put the statues back up, but they will be defaced quickly and ultimately torn down again...UNLESS the American people rise up against the commie tyrants.
Fortunately, they did not tear down Pike’s Peak ... that would have been a lot harder to restore.
Huge Freemason...
Good or bad, it’s history.
We could always plow up red square at UW.
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