The National Park Service was without a Senate-confirmed director for Trump's entire 1st term - ditto since the beginning of his 2d term.
The NPS matters to a lot of Trump's efforts to rewrite and censor history and to remake DC's symbolic landscape - including the White House complex.
Confederate general statue toppled in 2020 to be reinstalled in DC
The bronze statue depicting Confederate Gen. Albert Pike is being restored, the Park Service said in a statement Monday. Officials shared a photo of a worker removing corrosion and paint.
