A statue of a Confederate general that was pulled down and set on fire during the 2020 Black Lives Matter protests has been reinstated in Washington, D.C.

The bronze memorial to Gen. Albert Pike was reinstalled in the nation’s capital over the weekend, months after President Donald Trump signed an executive order to restore what he called “truth and sanity” to American history.

In August, the National Park Service announced that the statue of the Confederate general would return to Judiciary Square more than five years after demonstrators tore it down.

In a statement to the Daily Beast, the NPS said 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.”

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