Confederate general statue toppled in 2020 is reinstalled in D.C.

The U.S. Interior Department said the restoration of the statue complies with President Donald Trump’s directives.

WASHINGTON — A statue of a Confederate general that demonstrators toppled and burned in Washington, D.C., in 2020 has been reinstalled.

Crews placed the bronze statue depicting Gen. Albert Pike in Judiciary Square on Saturday. Fencing surrounds the statue, NBC Washington video shows. “Area closed. Historic preservation work in progress,” a sign said.

The Department of the Interior said the restoration complies with President Donald Trump’s directives.

“The restoration aligns with federal responsibilities under historic-preservation law and recent executive orders to beautify the nation’s capital and restore pre-existing statues,” a statement by a spokesperson said.

In June 2020, demonstrators used ropes to tear down the statue outside Metropolitan Police Department headquarters. On live TV, they doused the statue in lighter fluid and set it ablaze.