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It's back. After being vandalized, toppled, and removed during Black Lives Matter protests in June
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2020, the statue of Confederate General Albert Pike has been reinstalled in Washington, D.C.'s
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Judiciary Square. Now it's protected by a fence. Pike not only fought to separate the Union
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but also tried to stop blacks from gaining the right to vote. The statue makes no mention of
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that. The decision for the National Park Service to reinstall the statue was made to align with an
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executive order from President Trump. D.C.'s non-voting congresswoman called it morally objectionable and an affront to the black and brown residents of D.C
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I'm Ray Bogan for Straight Hour News. For more unbiased reporting straight from our nation's
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