Trump Announces Creation of New Monument, the National Garden of American Heroes

Trump Announces Creation of New Monument, the National Garden of American Heroes
President Donald Trump arrives for the Independence Day events at Mount Rushmore National Memorial in Keystone, South Dakota, on July 3, 2020. Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images
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President Donald Trump announced at Mount Rushmore on the eve of Independence Day that he has signed an executive order to establish a vast outdoor park featuring statues of great Americans to “honor those who came before” and inspire the next generation.

“I am announcing the creation of a new monument to the giants of our past. I am signing an executive order to establish the National Garden of American Heroes, a vast outdoor park that will feature the statues of the greatest Americans to ever live,” Trump said in a speech at Mount Rushmore as part of July 4 celebrations with thousands of people at the South Dakota landmark.