In a spot at the front of the White House in Lafayette Park, sat the longest-running protest in American history — dubbed the “White House Peace Vigil.” As of Thursday night, it has been removed.

In the Oval Office on Sept. 5, a correspondent for Real America’s Voice, Brian Glenn, asked President Donald Trump what he was going to do about an “anti-America and sometimes anti-Trump” display in front of the White House that had been there since 1981.

After clarifying where it was, Trump said, “Take it down. Take it down. Today, right now. Nobody told me that.”

Law enforcement officers began dismantling the site two days later and finished the job Thursday night.

White House spokeswoman Taylor Rogers said on Sept. 7, “President Trump is committed to the public safety of D.C. residents

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