Statue of Confederate general toppled in 2020 to be reinstalled in D.C.

[TomSlick]

14. I'm not a Freemason but I am an Arkansan, although I prefer Arkansawyer.

Pike's primary contribution to the CSA was recruiting native American tribes to fight for the Confederacy. Troops under his command performed poorly during the Battle of Pea Ridge (Elkhorn Tavern) in NW Arkansas. Union units fighting his native American troops had a strangely large killed to wounded ratio suggesting the murder of wounded Union troops. Pike's native American troops were accused of scalping and otherwise mutilating dead Union soldiers.

After the Civil War, he was reported to be a member of the KKK, which was common among unrepentant confederates.

The statue was raised by the Freemasons in recognition of his long work in that organization. The DC government has wanted the statue removed for years.

The statue is being restored because Trump loves him some racists.