Trump Administration Reinstalls Statue Of Founding Father Removed During 2020 Racial Reckoning

BreakingBusinessTrump Administration Reinstalls Statue Of Founding Father Removed During 2020 Racial ReckoningByConor Murray,Forbes Staff. Murray is a Forbes news reporter covering entertainment trends.Follow AuthorApr 25, 2026, 04:49pm EDT--:-- / --:--This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more.This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more.ToplineThe Trump administration installed a statue of founding father Caesar Rodney in Washington, D.C. on Saturday, years after the statue was removed from its previous location in Delaware in 2020 after critics noted Rodney had enslaved hundreds of people in the 18th century. The statue of Caesar Rodney stood for nearly 100 years in Wilmington, Delaware, before it was removed by the city in 2020.gettyKey FactsSecretary of the Interior Doug Burgum said in a post on X Saturday afternoon the statue of Rodney was installed in Washington, D.C.’s Freedom Plaza, just blocks from the National Mall and the White House.The statue was installed in Washington to celebrate the 250th anniversary of the United States, Burgum said in his post, addingPresident Donald Trump is “committed to celebrating and acknowledging the full breadth of our nation’s history.”Burgum said the statue recognizes a lengthy ride Rodney made from Delaware to Philadelphia in July 1776 to cast a deciding vote in favor of independence at the Continental Congress.The statue, which depicts Rodney on a horse, was first erected in Wilmington, Delaware on Independence Day in 1923, though it was taken down in 2020 amid a racial reckoning after the police killing of George Floyd because Rodney owned hundreds of slaves, according to historians.Forbes has reached out to the Interior Department for comment. if (!window.cnxel) { window.cnxel = {}; window.cnxel.cmd = []; var iframe = document.createElement('iframe'); iframe.style.display = 'none'; iframe.onload = function() { var iframeDoc = iframe.contentWindow.document; var script = iframeDoc.createElement('scrip...