View of the statue of Civil War era Confederate General Albert Pike in Washington, DC, on Ocober 28, 2025.

A Confederate leader’s statue is back up in Washington, DC, following President Donald Trump’s directive to restore such monuments earlier this year.

The move comes after Trump called on Doug Burgum, the current interior secretary, to review “public monuments, memorials, statues, markers, or similar properties” that have been changed or removed since January 2020. His March executive order urged Burgum to investigate whether these actions were taken to allegedly perpetuate a “false reconstruction of American history” or “minimise the value of certain historical events or figures.”

The statue’s return also adds to Trump’s efforts to roll back actions that........

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