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The National Garden of American Heroes is a proposed monument to "great figures of America’s history", planned through executive order by President Donald Trump.[1][2] The garden, along with a Task Force for Building and Rebuilding Monuments to American Heroes, was announced on July 3, 2020 at the Independence Day celebration event at Mount Rushmore in Keystone, South Dakota.[3][4][5][6]

In his speech, Trump described the proposed monument as "a vast outdoor park that will feature the statues of the greatest Americans to ever live." The garden is slated to include statues of notable political figures, activists, businesspeople, and pop culture icons.[7][8][9][10]

Development

The development of the proposed garden will be managed by the Task Force for Building and Rebuilding Monuments to American Heroes, which will allocate funding from the United States Department of the Interior to establish the site. Members of the task force will include chairs of the National Endowment for the Arts and National Endowment for the Humanities, Administrator of the General Services Administration, chair of the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation, and any additional "officers or employees of any executive department or agency" designated by the president.[11]

After the executive order was signed on July 3, 2020, the task force was granted 60 days to develop preliminary for the plans for the site, including a potential location for the garden.[12] The executive order also states that the garden will open before July 4, 2026, the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence.[11]

Proposed statues

Although not exhaustive, the executive order included a list of potential historical figures that may receive a statue in the Garden.

See also

References

  1. ^ "Trump establishing National Garden of American Heroes". Washington Examiner. 2020-07-04. Retrieved 2020-07-04.
  2. ^ "Executive Order on Building and Rebuilding Monuments to American Heroes". The White House. Retrieved 2020-07-04.
  3. ^ Press, Associated. "The Latest: Trump to establish 'National Garden' of heroes". Washington Post. Retrieved 2020-07-04.
  4. ^ "The Latest: Trump to establish 'National Garden' of heroes". SFChronicle.com. 2020-07-04. Retrieved 2020-07-04.
  5. ^ CNN, Betsy Klein. "Trump uses Mount Rushmore address to rail against removal of monuments". Gwinnett Daily Post. Retrieved 2020-07-04. {{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)
  6. ^ Press, The Associated (2020-07-03). "The Latest: Trump to Establish 'National Garden' of Heroes". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2020-07-04.
  7. ^ "Trump announces plans to create national garden honoring "greatest Americans to ever live"". www.cbsnews.com. Retrieved 2020-07-04.
  8. ^ "The Latest: Trump to establish 'National Garden' of heroes". Star Tribune. Retrieved 2020-07-04.
  9. ^ KY3. "Trump to establish 'National Garden' of heroes". www.ky3.com. Retrieved 2020-07-04.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  10. ^ "Amid furor over monuments, Trump seeks `garden' of US heroes". AP NEWS. 2020-07-04. Retrieved 2020-07-04.
  11. ^ a b Axelrod, Tal (2020-07-03). "Trump responds to calls to tear down monuments with creation of 'National Garden' of statues". TheHill. Retrieved 2020-07-04.
  12. ^ "Trump orders creation of 'national heroes' garden". BBC News. 2020-07-04. Retrieved 2020-07-04.
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