A statue of a Confederate general that was toppled by protesters in Washington in 2020 will be restored and replaced this fall, in line with Donald Trump’s autocratic vision for America’s historical narrative to honor White Nationalists.

The National Park Service announced in August that the statue of Albert Pike, a Confederate brigadier general and a revered figure among Freemasons, would resume its previous position in Washington’s Judiciary Square, a few blocks from the U.S. Capitol. It was the only outdoor statue of a Confederate military leader in the nation’s capital.

The statue was pulled down with ropes and chains on Juneteenth in 2020 as part of mass protests following the death of George Floyd at the hands of Minneapolis police. Confederate statues around the country were toppl

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