{"id":41997,"date":"2025-08-05T16:02:19","date_gmt":"2025-08-05T16:02:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/statue-of-confederate-general-albert-pike-toppled-by-protesters-in-2020-is-being-reinstalled-in-washington-d-c\/"},"modified":"2025-08-05T16:02:19","modified_gmt":"2025-08-05T16:02:19","slug":"statue-of-confederate-general-albert-pike-toppled-by-protesters-in-2020-is-being-reinstalled-in-washington-d-c","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/statue-of-confederate-general-albert-pike-toppled-by-protesters-in-2020-is-being-reinstalled-in-washington-d-c\/","title":{"rendered":"Statue of Confederate General Albert Pike, toppled by protesters in 2020, is being reinstalled in Washington, D.C."},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>A bronze statue of a Confederate general that was <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/protesters-washington-dc-topple-statue-confederate-brigadier-general-albert-pike\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">toppled by protesters<\/a><\/span> five years ago will be restored and reinstalled in Washington, D.C., the National Park Service said.<\/p>\n<p>The restoration of the statue of Confederate Brigadier General Albert Pike &#8220;aligns with federal responsibilities under historic preservation law as well as recent executive orders to beautify the nation&#8217;s capital and re-instate pre-existing statues,&#8221; the park service said in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nps.gov\/nama\/learn\/news\/pike.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">news release<\/a> Monday.<\/p>\n<p>The agency, which shared a photo showing restoration work on the statue, said it is aiming to have the monument reinstalled by October.<\/p>\n<p>The statue had stood in Judiciary Square \u2014 several blocks from the White House \u2014 since 1901. It was Washington, D.C.&#8217;s only outdoor statue of a Confederate general when protesters tore it down and set it on fire in June 2020, CBS affiliate\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.wusa9.com\/article\/news\/local\/protests\/confederate-statue-torn-down-burned-dc-albert-pike-juneteenth\/65-a7f10b89-fe8a-41aa-ae7f-ab700e0d44f2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">WUSA<\/a>\u00a0reported.<\/p>\n<p>That year, protesters across the country called for the removal of Confederate statues and symbols amid wider calls for racial justice after the murder of\u00a0<span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/george-floyd-black-lives-matter-impact\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">George Floyd<\/a><\/span> in Minneapolis. President Trump, who was serving his first term at the time, had expressed opposition to removing them, and <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/realDonaldTrump\/status\/1274182502421315584\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">called for<\/a> the protesters in the Albert Pike statue case to be arrested immediately.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-none embed--size-medium\">\n<p>      <span class=\"img embed__content\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/08\/05\/dd2e37fb-8e5c-437a-986e-1dcb75d0e285\/thumbnail\/620x413g2\/a90d957cb85417498ef2db4854fea603\/gettyimages-1221108796-1.jpg#\" alt=\"US-POLITICS-RACISM-STATUE-UNREST \" height=\"413\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/08\/05\/dd2e37fb-8e5c-437a-986e-1dcb75d0e285\/thumbnail\/620x413g2\/a90d957cb85417498ef2db4854fea603\/gettyimages-1221108796-1.jpg 1x, https:\/\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/08\/05\/dd2e37fb-8e5c-437a-986e-1dcb75d0e285\/thumbnail\/1240x826g2\/0400fc44d99f29e5fb954952340b8f9d\/gettyimages-1221108796-1.jpg 2x\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/span><figcaption class=\"embed__caption-container\">\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__caption\">People stand around and take pictures with the statue of Confederate general Albert Pike after it was toppled by protesters at Judiciary Square in Washington, D.C., June 19, 2020.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                ERIC BARADAT\/AFP via Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>                          <\/span><br \/>\n              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The Council of D.C., a local governing body for the district,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/councilofdc\/status\/1274187263736532998\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">said<\/a> it had been calling for the removal of the statue for years and that it unanimously renewed its call to Congress to remove it in 2017.<\/p>\n<p>The National Park Service said on Monday that the statue has been in &#8220;secure storage&#8221; since it was removed in 2020 and that the agency&#8217;s Historic Preservation Training Center is restoring it.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Originally authorized by Congress in 1898 and dedicated in 1901, the statue honors Pike&#8217;s leadership in Freemasonry, including his 32 years as Sovereign Grand Commander of the Ancient Rite of Scottish Freemasonry,&#8221; the park service said.<\/p>\n<p>Work to repair the statue&#8217;s base at the site where it stood will start &#8220;shortly,&#8221; it said.<\/p>\n<p>D.C. Delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton has advocated for the statue to be displayed in a museum but not on public land.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement to WUSA on Monday, Norton condemned the decision to reinstall the statue, noting that &#8220;Pike served dishonorably&#8221; and he &#8220;resigned in disgrace after committing a war crime and dishonoring even his own Confederate military service.&#8221;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;A statue honoring a racist and a traitor has no place on the streets of D.C.,&#8221; Norton said.<\/p>\n<p>    <!-- data-recirc-source=\"queryly\" --><\/p>\n<aside class=\"component list recirculation component--type-recirculation \">\n<p><h3 class=\"component__title\">More from CBS News<\/h3>\n<\/p>\n<\/aside>\n<p>    <!-- tags --><\/p>\n<div class=\"content-author\">\n      <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/team\/sarah-lynch-baldwin\/\" class=\"content-author__name\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">Sarah  Lynch Baldwin<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"content-author__bio\">\n<div class=\"content-author__full-information\">\n<p class=\"content-author__text\">Sarah Lynch Baldwin is a deputy managing editor of CBSNews.com. 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