Washington restores confederate general’s statue five years after its removal
The bronze statue of Confederate General Albert Pike, toppled by anti-racism protesters in 2020, has been restored and reinstalled in its original location in Washington, D.C., the U.S. National Park Service announced.
The monument, honoring Albert Pike (1809–1891), a Southern general, lawyer, and writer, is the only statue in the U.S. capital dedicated to a Confederate military figure. It was reinstalled over the weekend after months of restoration, following two executive orders signed by President Donald Trump earlier this year to “restore truth and common sense to American history” and to “keep the District of Columbia safe and beautiful.”
The statue’s removal occurred during the nationwide racial justice protests of 2020, when demonstrators toppled and set fire to several Confederate monuments after the killing of George Floyd, an African American man who died under the knee of a white police officer.
Trump, who condemned Pike’s statue removal as a “shame for our country,” had repeatedly accused Washington’s Democratic leadership of inaction during the protests. His administration has since moved to reinstate several Confederate-era memorials, including a monument at Arlington National Cemetery.
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