{"id":60742,"date":"2026-03-23T12:51:26","date_gmt":"2026-03-23T12:51:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sasquatchnewsonline.com\/?p=60742"},"modified":"2026-03-23T12:51:26","modified_gmt":"2026-03-23T12:51:26","slug":"trump-installs-columbus-statue-at-white-house-restoring-monument-destroyed-in-2020-riots","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sasquatchnewsonline.com\/?p=60742","title":{"rendered":"Trump Installs Columbus Statue at White House, Restoring Monument Destroyed in 2020 Riots"},"content":{"rendered":"

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President Donald Trump has installed a statue of Christopher Columbus<\/a> on the White House grounds, according to officials.<\/p>\n

The statue is located outside the Eisenhower Executive Office Building and is visible from Pennsylvania Avenue and 17th Street NW.<\/p>\n

It is a reconstruction of a monument first unveiled by President Ronald Reagan in Baltimore in 1984.<\/span><\/p>\n

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The original was torn down and dumped into the Baltimore harbor during the Black Lives Matter riots in 2020.<\/p>\n

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Trump has now installed the Christopher Columbus statue on the White House\u2019s grounds.<\/p>\n

He ended up putting it outside the EEOB building, per our photos snapped today. https:\/\/t.co\/tBR9WvQaXu<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/1VaMVsUTdm<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Dan Diamond (@ddiamond) March 22, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

A plaque at the base of the rebuilt statue references both events. It states that the monument was \u201cDestroyed July 4, 2020\u201d and later restored.<\/p>\n

The statue was gifted to the White House and formally rededicated by Trump.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn this White House, Christopher Columbus is a hero,\u201d a spokesperson said.<\/p>\n

The installation is part of a broader effort by the administration to place additional statues on White House grounds and other federal land.<\/p>\n

Several statues of early American figures have already been added to the Rose Garden.<\/p>\n

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White House installs Christopher Columbus statue made from remains of toppled sculpture pic.twitter.com\/Dn94w5IhGy<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 The American Girl (@TheAmericanGrl) March 22, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

The administration is also planning a larger sculpture project known as the \u201cGarden of Heroes.<\/a>\u201d<\/p>\n

The proposed site is expected to feature statues of dozens of historical figures.<\/p>\n

Officials have also discussed reinstalling statues that were removed from public spaces in recent years.<\/p>\n

One such statue is a bronze monument of Caesar Rodney, a signer of the Declaration of Independence, which had been taken down in Delaware.<\/p>\n

During his first term in office, Trump issued<\/a> an executive order addressing the removal of monuments.<\/p>\n

\u201cThese statues are not ours alone, to be discarded at the whim of those inflamed by fashionable political passions; they belong to generations that have come before us and to generations yet unborn,\u201d the order stated.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy Administration will not abide an assault on our collective national memory.\u201d<\/p>\n

The order described such actions as an \u201cassault on our collective national memory\u201d and created a federal task force on the issue.<\/p>\n

Columbus is known for his 1492 voyage across the Atlantic, which established contact between Europe and the Americas.<\/p>\n

Most states continue to observe Columbus Day, although some blue states have adopted \u201calternative\u201d holidays.<\/p>\n

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