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Donald Trump has urged people to visit a statue installed in Washington, D.C., of a Founding Father who owned slaves.<\/p>\n

Read more Trump Melts Down at Allies in Late-Night Takedown<\/a><\/p>\n

In a post on Truth Social, the 80-year-old president celebrated that the statue of Caesar Rodney has a temporary new home in Freedom Plaza as part of an installation marking the nation\u2019s 250th anniversary.<\/p>\n

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The equestrian statue of Rodney depicts his midnight ride through a thunderstorm from Dover, Delaware, to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to cast the deciding vote in July 1776 in favor of American independence at the Continental Congress.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

The statue was originally installed in Wilmington, Delaware, on Independence Day in 1923. However, it was removed amid the 2020 Black Lives Matter protests following the murder of George Floyd. Wilmington officials said at the time that the statue of Rodney was taken down so the city could have an \u201coverdue discussion\u201d about the public display of historical figures amid the country\u2019s \u201cracial justice reform movement.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201c250 years ago, on the eve of America\u2019s momentous vote for Independence, Caesar Rodney received word that he was urgently needed to break a deadlock among the Delegates to the Second Continental Congress. Although he suffered from asthma and facial cancer, Rodney immediately set forth on an 80-mile overnight journey by horseback from Dover, Delaware, to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania,\u201d Trump posted on Truth Social.<\/p>\n

\u201cEnduring a raging thunderstorm, he arrived 250 years ago this very day, July 2, 1776, to cast his decisive vote and secure America\u2019s glorious destiny of Freedom and Independence. An equestrian statue honoring Rodney\u2019s key contribution now anchors Spirit of \u201976<\/i> at Freedom Plaza, a new exhibition in Washington, D.C., honoring the heroes and martyrs of the American Revolution. Go and see!\u201d<\/p>\n

Dick Carter, chairman of Delaware\u2019s Heritage Commission, previously told The New York Times that when Rodney was 17, he inherited his father\u2019s 849-acre farm, which had as many as 200 slaves.<\/p>\n

Among the Founding Fathers, George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, and Benjamin Franklin are also known to have owned slaves at some point in their lives.<\/p>\n

Read more Melania Is Unleashing Revenge Dogs on Me: Biographer<\/a><\/p>\n

During his second term, Trump has taken several steps to restore what he calls \u201ctruth and sanity\u201d to American history by removing references that frame the nation\u2019s past as \u201cinherently racist, sexist, oppressive, or otherwise irredeemably flawed,\u201d including removing references to slavery from federal sites.<\/p>\n

The Trump administration has also taken steps to reverse decisions to remove Confederate paintings and monuments from public display.<\/p>\n

In an October 2020 proclamation, Trump said the removal of Rodney\u2019s statue from Wilmington was part of a \u201cradical purge\u201d of the country\u2019s Founding Fathers that could result in Rodney\u2019s legacy \u201cbeing erased forever.\u201d<\/p>\n

Trump also referenced other installations at Freedom Plaza alongside Rodney\u2019s statue.<\/p>\n

The exhibit features 12 Soldiers of the Revolution<\/i>, a collection of bronze statues depicting 12 Revolutionary War soldiers; a 23-foot-tall Spirit of Liberty<\/i> statue; and the Prison Ship Martyrs Monument<\/i>, which honors the nearly 12,000 Americans who died aboard British prison ships during the American Revolutionary War.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs we prepare to celebrate the 250th Birthday of our beloved Country, these statues and monuments now stand prominently in the heart of our Nation\u2019s Capital as a celebration of the 250-year Triumph of the American Spirit, which is now STRONGER, GREATER, and MORE GLORIOUS than ever before,\u201d Trump posted.<\/p>\n

Read more Kaitlan Collins Savages Trump\u2019s Flop Fair After Seeing It for Herself<\/a><\/p>\n

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