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5. Trump announces site for the National Garden of American Heroes
In a Truth Social post Friday, Trump announced the location for his planned National Garden of American Heroes.
“This magnificent exhibition of statues will be located in West Potomac Park, which we are transforming into one of the World’s most beautiful public spaces,” Trump wrote. Sharing a picture documenting an aerial view of the site, Trump identified it as “a totally BARREN field of Prime Waterfront Real Estate along our Mighty Potomac River.”
Trump reiterated his vision for the National Garden of American Heroes as a “collection of statues of AMERICAN HEROES, featuring our Illustrious Founding Fathers, Military Warriors, Religious Leaders, Civil Rights Champions, World Class Athletes, Artists, Entertainers, and MORE.”
First unveiled in an executive order during his first term, the National Garden of American Heroes received $40 million in funding from the One Big Beautiful Bill Act passed by Congress last year.
Figures expected to be honored include Presidents George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Abraham Lincoln, Ronald Reagan and John F. Kennedy, along with evangelist Billy Graham, Archbishop Fulton Sheen and Catholic social activist Dorothy Day.
Other planned honorees include pro-life activist Nellie Gray; entertainers Elvis Presley, Whitney Houston and Louis Armstrong; astronauts Neil Armstrong and Sally Ride; and Civil Rights leaders Martin Luther King Jr., Rosa Parks and Harriet Tubman.
Ryan Foley is a reporter for The Christian Post. He can be reached at: ryan.foley@christianpost.com
