Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton announced that she will reintroduce legislation to permanently remove the statue of Confederate General Albert Pike from federal land in the District of Columbia, following news that the National Park Service intends to restore and reinstall the controversial monument near Judiciary Square.

“Given the NPS announcement that it will reinstall the statue, I plan to reintroduce my bill to remove the Pike statue and authorize the Secretary of the Interior to donate the statue to a museum or a similar entity,” Norton said. “A statue honoring a racist and a traitor has no place on the streets of D.C.”

The bronze statue of Pike was toppled by protesters in June 2020 during nationwide demonstrations following the police killing of George Floyd. It had long be

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