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Trump Places Unannounced Jefferson Bronze in White House Garden

7/20/2026

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President Donald Trump installed a life-size bronze Thomas Jefferson statue in the White House Rose Garden without public announcement.
Trump thanked sculptor George Lundeen, whose bronze shows Jefferson seated with a draft of the Declaration of Independence.
Chair Rodney Mims Cook Jr. said President wants monuments to celebrate American achievement as Rose Garden holds five monuments—including statues of Washington, Franklin, Hamilton and the “Freedom’s Charge” sculpture loaned by Harlan Crow.

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President Donald Trump installed a life-size bronze Thomas Jefferson statue in the White House Rose Garden without public announcement.
Trump thanked sculptor George Lundeen, whose bronze shows Jefferson seated with a draft of the Declaration of Independence.
Chair Rodney Mims Cook Jr. said President wants monuments to celebrate American achievement as Rose Garden holds five monuments—including statues of Washington, Franklin, Hamilton and the “Freedom’s Charge” sculpture loaned by Harlan Crow.