Trump Resurrected the Statue of a Slave Owner. Its Pedestal Cost Taxpayers $527K.

Source: www.motherjones.com · Section: politics · Bias: Left · Published: Thu, 18 Jun 2026 11:30:00 GMT

In April, the National Park Service placed a statue of Caesar Rodney, one of America’s Founding Fathers, in Freedom Plaza, a small park near the White House. That installation drew notice, and criticism, because Rodney, a plantation owner from Delaware who played a key role in crafting the Declaration of Independence, enslaved people—a complication that […]

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