President Trump Announces New U.S. Monument Park Called ‘National Garden of American Heroes’

President Trump announced that he was creating a new monument, called the “national garden of American heroes,” which he described as a “vast outdoor park that will features the statues of the greatest American who ever lived.”

Here are some the great American legends who will be in the statuary park named the National Garden of American Heroes.

Details on Trump’s new national monument:
-Named the “National Garden of American Heroes”
-Will feature statues of great Americans (artists, scientists, politicians, activists, athletes, etc)
-Statues cannot be “modernist representations”
-Open before July 4, 2026

— Anders Hagstrom (@Hagstrom_Anders) July 4, 2020

The White House sent out the text of the Executive Order establishing the National Garden of American Heroes

It creates a task force to proposes options for the creation and potential locations for the site. It also names the statues of “the greatest Americans who ever lived” pic.twitter.com/xtoQTzvnOg

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Executive Order on Building and Rebuilding Monuments to American Heroes

White House, July 3, 2020

By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered as follows:

Section 1. Purpose. America owes its present greatness to its past sacrifices. Because the past is always at risk of being forgotten, monuments will always be needed to honor those who came before. Since the time of our founding, Americans have raised monuments to our greatest citizens. In 1784, the legislature of Virginia commissioned the earliest statue of George Washington, a “monument of affection and gratitude” to a man who “unit[ed] to the endowment[s] of the Hero the virtues of the Patriot” and gave to the world “an Immortal Example of true Glory.” I Res. H. Del. (June 24, 1784). In our public parks and plazas, we have erected statues of great Americans who, through acts of wisdom and daring, built and preserved for us a republic of ordered liberty.

These statues are silent teachers in solid form of stone and metal. They preserve the memory of our American story and stir in us a spirit of responsibility for the chapters yet unwritten. These works of art call forth gratitude for the accomplishments and sacrifices of our exceptional fellow citizens who, despite their flaws, placed their virtues, their talents, and their lives in the service of our Nation. These monuments express our noblest ideals: respect for our ancestors, love of freedom, and striving for a more perfect union. They are works of beauty, created as enduring tributes. In preserving them, we show reverence for our past, we dignify our present, and we inspire those who are to come. To build a monument is to ratify our shared national project.

To destroy a monument is to desecrate our common inheritance. In recent weeks, in the midst of protests across America, many monuments have been vandalized or destroyed. Some local governments have responded by taking their monuments down. Among others, monuments to Christopher Columbus, George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Franklin, Francis Scott Key, Ulysses S. Grant, leaders of the abolitionist movement, the first all-volunteer African-American regiment of the Union Army in the Civil War, and American soldiers killed in the First and Second World Wars have been vandalized, destroyed, or removed.

These statues are not ours alone, to be discarded at the whim of those inflamed by fashionable political passions; they belong to generations that have come before us and to generations yet unborn. My Administration will not abide an assault on our collective national memory. In the face of such acts of destruction, it is our responsibility as Americans to stand strong against this violence, and to peacefully transmit our great national story to future generations through newly commissioned monuments to American heroes.

Sec. 2. Task Force for Building and Rebuilding Monuments to American Heroes. (a) There is hereby established the Interagency Task Force for Building and Rebuilding Monuments to American Heroes (Task Force). The Task Force shall be chaired by the Secretary of the Interior (Secretary), and shall include the following additional members:

(i) the Administrator of General Services (Administrator);

(ii) the Chairperson of the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA);

(iii) the Chairperson of the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH);

(iv) the Chairman of the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation (ACHP); and

(v) any officers or employees of any executive department or agency (agency) designated by the President or the Secretary.

(b) The Department of the Interior shall provide funding and administrative support as may be necessary for the performance and functions of the Task Force. The Secretary shall designate an official of the Department of the Interior to serve as the Executive Director of the Task Force, responsible for coordinating its day-to-day activities.

(c) The Chairpersons of the NEA and NEH and the Chairman of the ACHP shall establish cross-department initiatives within the NEA, NEH, and ACHP, respectively, to advance the purposes of the Task Force and this order and to coordinate relevant agency operations with the Task Force.

Sec. 3. National Garden of American Heroes. (a) It shall be the policy of the United States to establish a statuary park named the National Garden of American Heroes (National Garden).

(b) Within 60 days of the date of this order, the Task Force shall submit a report to the President through the Assistant to the President for Domestic Policy that proposes options for the creation of the National Garden, including potential locations for the site. In identifying options, the Task Force shall:

(i) strive to open the National Garden expeditiously;

(ii) evaluate the feasibility of creating the National Garden through a variety of potential avenues, including existing agency authorities and appropriations; and

(iii) consider the availability of authority to encourage and accept the donation or loan of statues by States, localities, civic organizations, businesses, religious organizations, and individuals, for display at the National Garden.

(c) In addition to the requirements of subsection 3(b) of this order, the proposed options for the National Garden should adhere to the criteria described in subsections (c)(i) through (c)(vi) of this section.

(i) The National Garden should be composed of statues, including statues of John Adams, Susan B. Anthony, Clara Barton, Daniel Boone, Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain, Henry Clay, Davy Crockett, Frederick Douglass, Amelia Earhart, Benjamin Franklin, Billy Graham, Alexander Hamilton, Thomas Jefferson, Martin Luther King, Jr., Abraham Lincoln, Douglas MacArthur, Dolley Madison, James Madison, Christa McAuliffe, Audie Murphy, George S. Patton, Jr., Ronald Reagan, Jackie Robinson, Betsy Ross, Antonin Scalia, Harriet Beecher Stowe, Harriet Tubman, Booker T. Washington, George Washington, and Orville and Wilbur Wright.

(ii) The National Garden should be opened for public access prior to the 250th anniversary of the proclamation of the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 2026.

(iii) Statues should depict historically significant Americans, as that term is defined in section 7 of this order, who have contributed positively to America throughout our history. Examples include: the Founding Fathers, those who fought for the abolition of slavery or participated in the underground railroad, heroes of the United States Armed Forces, recipients of the Congressional Medal of Honor or Presidential Medal of Freedom, scientists and inventors, entrepreneurs, civil rights leaders, missionaries and religious leaders, pioneers and explorers, police officers and firefighters killed or injured in the line of duty, labor leaders, advocates for the poor and disadvantaged, opponents of national socialism or international socialism, former Presidents of the United States and other elected officials, judges and justices, astronauts, authors, intellectuals, artists, and teachers. None will have lived perfect lives, but all will be worth honoring, remembering, and studying.

(iv) All statues in the National Garden should be lifelike or realistic representations of the persons they depict, not abstract or modernist representations.

(v) The National Garden should be located on a site of natural beauty that enables visitors to enjoy nature, walk among the statues, and be inspired to learn about great figures of America’s history. The site should be proximate to at least one major population center, and the site should not cause significant disruption to the local community.

(vi) As part of its civic education mission, the National Garden should also separately maintain a collection of statues for temporary display at appropriate sites around the United States that are accessible to the general public.

Sec. 4. Commissioning of New Statues and Works of Art. (a) The Task Force shall examine the appropriations authority of the agencies represented on it in light of the purpose and policy of this order. Based on its examination of relevant authorities, the Task Force shall make recommendations for the use of these agencies’ appropriations.

(b) To the extent appropriate and consistent with applicable law and the other provisions of this order, Task Force agencies that are authorized to provide for the commissioning of statues or monuments shall, in expending funds, give priority to projects involving the commissioning of publicly accessible statues of persons meeting the criteria described in section 3(b)(iii) of this order, with particular preference for statues of the Founding Fathers, former Presidents of the United States, leading abolitionists, and individuals involved in the discovery of America.

(c) To the extent appropriate and consistent with applicable law, these agencies shall prioritize projects that will result in the installation of a statue as described in subsection (b) of this section in a community where a statue depicting a historically significant American was removed or destroyed in conjunction with the events described in section 1 of this order.

(d) After consulting with the Task Force, the Administrator of General Services shall promptly revise and thereafter operate the General Service Administration’s (GSA’s) Art in Architecture (AIA) Policies and Procedures, GSA Acquisition Letter V-10-01, and Part 102-77 of title 41, Code of Federal Regulations, to prioritize the commission of works of art that portray historically significant Americans or events of American historical significance or illustrate the ideals upon which our Nation was founded. Priority should be given to public-facing monuments to former Presidents of the United States and to individuals and events relating to the discovery of America, the founding of the United States, and the abolition of slavery. Such works of art should be designed to be appreciated by the general public and by those who use and interact with Federal buildings. Priority should be given to this policy above other policies contained in part 102-77 of title 41, Code of Federal Regulations, and revisions made pursuant to this subsection shall be made to supersede any regulatory provisions of AIA that may conflict with or otherwise impede advancing the purposes of this subsection.

(e) When a statue or work of art commissioned pursuant to this section is meant to depict a historically significant American, the statue or work of art shall be a lifelike or realistic representation of that person, not an abstract or modernist representation.

Sec. 5. Educational Programming. The Chairperson of the NEH shall prioritize the allocation of funding to programs and projects that educate Americans about the founding documents and founding ideals of the United States, as appropriate and to the extent consistent with applicable law, including section 956 of title 20, United States Code. The founding documents include the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution, and the Federalist Papers. The founding ideals include equality under the law, respect for inalienable individual rights, and representative self-government. Within 90 days of the conclusion of each Fiscal Year from 2021 through 2026, the Chairperson shall submit a report to the President through the Assistant to the President for Domestic Policy that identifies funding allocated to programs and projects pursuant to this section.

Sec. 6. Protection of National Garden and Statues Commissioned Pursuant to this Order. The Attorney General shall apply section 3 of Executive Order 13933 of June 26, 2020 (Protecting American Monuments, Memorials, and Statues and Combating Recent Criminal Violence), with respect to violations of Federal law regarding the National Garden and all statues commissioned pursuant to this order.

Sec. 7. Definition. The term “historically significant American” means an individual who was, or became, an American citizen and was a public figure who made substantive contributions to America’s public life or otherwise had a substantive effect on America’s history. The phrase also includes public figures such as Christopher Columbus, Junipero Serra, and the Marquis de La Fayette, who lived prior to or during the American Revolution and were not American citizens, but who made substantive historical contributions to the discovery, development, or independence of the future United States.

Sec. 8. General Provisions. (a) Nothing in this order shall be construed to impair or otherwise affect:

(i) the authority granted by law to an executive department or agency, or the head thereof; or

(ii) the functions of the Director of the Office of Management and Budget relating to budgetary, administrative, or legislative proposals.

(b) This order shall be implemented consistent with applicable law and subject to the availability of appropriations.

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Achmed Mohandjob

3 years ago

Lost me when it got to “athletes” and such ilk.

Statues to athletes and other such “celebrities”. Did they sacrifice their lives for this nation (United States of America). Glorifying people that were paid, handsomely, for playing the games of little children.

And, it’s to be done with my tax money? Good bloody grief, what has happened to this, once great, country?

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Dave Glynn

3 years ago

Reply to  Achmed Mohandjob

Athletes apart, it’s an excellent idea to have a national park of statues to those that made America great. And how about the land at the top of Mount Rushmore as a location for it?
I’d swim the Atlantic to see that.
Happy Independence Day Ach. ????????????????????

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Achmed Mohandjob

3 years ago

Reply to  Dave Glynn

Thanks for the Independence Day wishes, Dave Glynn. They are much appreciated.

There are so many that made America great. Soldiers that died on the field of battle. Can we erect a statue for each one of them?

The people that went through life, working, obeying the law, and paying taxes. Are we going to erect statues of the millions of them?

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Hans Wellington

3 years ago

Reply to  Achmed Mohandjob

Agree !!!!!

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Drew the Infidel

3 years ago

Reply to  Achmed Mohandjob

Jesse Owens’ performance at the ’36 Olympics, where he stifled Hitler’s contention that white Aryans were some sort of “master race”, is worthy of note.

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Achmed Mohandjob

3 years ago

Reply to  Drew the Infidel

Why? There are Olympic athletes that have performed better, earned more medals … (list goes on ad infinitum), why select Owens? It makes NO sense to a rational thinker.

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Merlinever

3 years ago

Reply to  Achmed Mohandjob

Achmed Mohandjob: Excellent observation and comment! My thoughts exactly; you must have been reading my mind.

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Lunch_Money

3 years ago

An important name is missing from the list: ‘DONALD J TRUMP’

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Glen Benjamin

3 years ago

I say Betsy Ross, Shirley Chisholm and Harriet Tubman.

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fred m

3 years ago

Don’t forget Columbus, though not an American, he kind of got things started (and other discoverers of America, like Cabot).

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Suresh

3 years ago

Reply to  fred m

Agree. but it should not be funded by tax payers. I’d get the funds by prosecuting all rioters and their supporters including celebs, politicians , NGO’s (chinese and islamic funded) and george soros

That would be justice Done.

Left/Jihadis don’t want the truth to come out that exposes their nefarious designs.

And Finally Vatican Bishop confesses: “Senior Catholic officials are being paid off by George Sor-ass to promote mass Muslim migration into Europe”
http://offtrade.net/cnmnews/vatican-plan-destroy/

You won’t hear it from corrupt Left/Liberal media

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jes sayen

3 years ago

It won’t even be done before the clamoring for more minorities –
bingo – the easy peasy preezy O-hole wil HAVE be included

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fritzdahmus

3 years ago

Reply to  jes sayen

As the first Black President…..I think you are right. Obama has to be in, for nothing else, but for the color of his skin and the office he held. Can’t ignore it.

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cylde

3 years ago

They want to destroy out history so Trump is creating a sanctuary where statues wont be under the control and protection of America hating democrat petty tyrants and communists calling themselves socialists. God created hell for the rioters, thieves,rapists and protestors. We know where Hitler, Stalin, the African butchers, and baby murderers have went and will go to.

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Duck

3 years ago

Must be certain this heros’ garden is placed in a red state……progressive governed states do not deserve consideration.

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LeslieFish

3 years ago

Reply to  Duck

Arizona would be happy to host this garden.

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Lyle Hartman

3 years ago

Reply to  LeslieFish

Wyoming is the reddest state. Put it there where it will be honored and respected. And protected.
“Wyoming, How America Used To Be.”

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Drew the Infidel

3 years ago

Here is an idea, take all the statues the complicit commiecrat mayors and governors refused to protect and permanently “impound” them for this new park, including the Confederates.

They would serve the same purpose as leaving the Auschwitz death camp intact, as a lesson and warning from history.

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LeslieFish

3 years ago

The Democrats are going to be SO p!ssed!

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Merlinever

3 years ago

Billy Graham?
Harriet Tubman?
Are you kidding me!???
What about Thomas Edison, Mark Twain, Teddy Roosevelt, Albert Einstein, Carl Sagan, Ayn Rand?

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