Delagate Norton Demands Removal Of Confederate Statue In DC: Report
WASHINGTON, DC — D.C. Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton says now is the time to remove a statue memorializing Confederate General Albert Pike in Judiciary Square, and she has introduced legislation to do just that.
Norton announced the legislation in a July 30 statement, noting that the bill would call for the U.S. Interior Department to remove the century-old statue, which sits on federal land.
The Freemasons contributed most of the original money to erect the statue in 1901 (Pike was a Mason and D.C. resident), and they now support the statue's removal, Norton said.
The statue drew attention from local protesters following violence in Charlottesville, Va. in 2017, when white supremacists descended on the town protesting the removal of a statue to Confederate General Robert E. Lee.
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