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Confederate statue toppled during Black Lives Matter protests will be reinstalled

The statue Albert Pike, the only statue of a Confederate general in Washington, D.C., was toppled by protesters on June 19, 2020.

The statue of Albert Pike, a Confederate general and Freemason leader, was vandalized and taken down on Juneteenth in 2020. It is the only statue of a Confederate general in Washington, D.C.

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