The White House released an executive order Friday night to create a “National Garden of American Heroes” that will feature statues of prominent Americans.
The executive order, which President Trump
Donald John Trump Secret Service Members Who Helped Organize COVID-19 Positive Pence Arizona Travel Test: Report Trump’s Pandemic Planning Office at State Department: Iran Report Releases Photo of Production Site of damaged nuclear fuel: MORE report Announced during a July 4 celebration on Mount Rushmore, it comes as the nation faces calls to tear down Confederate statues across the country and tackle yet another racist iconography.
“These statues are silent masters in solid form of stone and metal. They preserve the memory of our American history and awaken in us a spirit of responsibility for chapters not yet written. These works of art claim gratitude for the achievements and sacrifices of our exceptional fellow citizens who, despite their shortcomings, put their virtues, talents, and lives at the service of our nation, “reads the executive order, which was released by the White House.
The executive order establishes the Task Force for the Construction and Reconstruction of Monuments to American Heroes, which will be empowered to use funds from the Department of the Interior to establish the site. The task force has 60 days to submit a report to the White House detailing the options for creating the National Garden, including potential locations.
The executive order says the garden will include statues of John Adams, Susan B. Anthony, Clara Barton, Daniel Boone, Davy Crockett, Frederick Douglass, Amelia Earhart, Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jefferson, Martin Luther King Jr., Abraham Lincoln, Ronald Reagan , Jackie Robinson and Harriet Tubman, among others.
The garden will also “maintain a separate collection of statues for temporary display at appropriate locations throughout the United States that are accessible to the general public.”
According to the order, the garden will be open before July 4, 2026, the 250th anniversary of the proclamation of the Declaration of Independence.
The executive order also addresses current calls to overthrow the Confederate statues, noting that other activists have called for the dismantling of monuments to figures who owned slaves but were not in the Confederacy, including former Presidents George Washington and Thomas Jefferson.
“Destroying a monument is desecrating our common heritage. In the past few weeks, amid protests across the United States, many monuments have been smashed or destroyed. Some local governments have responded by tearing down their monuments, ”says the order. “These statues are not only ours, to be discarded at will by those inflamed by fashionable political passions; they belong to generations that have gone before us and to generations not yet born. “
Trump also criticized those who toppled statues of Confederate leaders during a passionate speech on Mount Rushmore, accusing them of wanting to “overthrow the American Revolution” and fundamentally change the country.
“There is a new far-left fascism that demands absolute loyalty. If he doesn’t speak his language, perform his rituals, recite his mantras, and follow his commandments, then he will be censored, banished, blacklisted, persecuted, and punished. It won’t happen to us, ”he told a crowded crowd.
Make no mistake, this left-wing cultural revolution is designed to overthrow the American Revolution. In doing so, they would destroy the same civilization that rescued billions from poverty, disease, violence and hunger and that brought humanity to new heights of achievement, discovery and progress, “he continued.” To make this possible, they are determined to tear down every statue, symbol and keepsake of our national heritage. “
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