WASHINGTON — The statue of Confederate general Albert Pike is standing once again near Judiciary Square. The National Park Service says the restoration is in part because of President Donald Trump's executive order to beautify the District .

The 11-foot statue is the only outdoor sculpture in the District honoring a Confederate general. D.C. Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton had been at the forefront of an effort to take down the statue after protesters toppled in five years ago at the height of demonstrations kicked off by the murder of George Floyd.

Norton introduced a bill in August to permanently remove the statue and authorize the Secretary of the Interior to donate it to a museum or a similar entity. Norton’s bill was passed by the House Committee on Natural Resources.

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