Trump Announces Garden of American Heroes

President Donald Trump announced the development of the National Garden of American Heroes, which will feature individuals such as Harriet Tubman, Muhammad Ali, and Jackie Robinson.

“The last administration tried to reduce all of American history to a single year, 1619, but under our administration, we honor the indispensable role black Americans have always played in the immortal cause of another date, 1776,” Trump declared. “In the very first skirmish of the Revolutionary War at Lexington Green, an enslaved black man named Prince Esterbrook answered history’s call and fought as the Minute Men alongside the other patriots of the very small Massachusetts town couldn’t protect itself, but they did a good job.”

Esterbrook was “among the very first Americans to spill their blood” and later joined the Continental Army and “ultimately won his own freedom along with that of his fellow Americans.”

“His legacy will endure and we’re very proud to honor him today,” Trump said. “I’m pleased to announce that we will be including the statue of Prince Esterbrook in our new National Garden of American Heroes.”

Trump listed individuals such as Harriet Tubman, Rosa Parks, Billy Holiday, Aretha Franklin, and Coretta Scott King to be featured in the garden.

“And I will showcase extraordinary, it will be something very extraordinary. We’re going to produce some of the most beautiful works of art in the form of a statue for men like Frederick Douglas, Booker T. Washington, Jackie Robinson, what a great athlete that was,” he added. “Martin Luther King Jr., Muhammad Ali. He’s not a bad athlete. What do you think, Muhammad, not too bad. And the late Kobe Bryant. People love Kobe Bryant.”

Trump’s January 29 order on the Garden of American Heroes is included in his plan for the 250th anniversary of American Independence.