2026年3月19日 12:53 UTC / 路透社
华盛顿，3月18日（路透社） – 2020年种族正义抗议期间被拆除的、曾签署《独立宣言》的特拉华州奴隶主凯撒·罗德尼（Caesar Rodney）雕像，将由唐纳德·特朗普总统领导的政府于今年在华盛顿展出。
内政部表示，美国国家公园管理局计划将这座特拉华州种植园主的骑马青铜雕像临时安装在华盛顿特区的自由广场。
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这座雕像是为了纪念罗德尼1776年著名的费城骑行以签署《独立宣言》。
据《华盛顿邮报》报道，作为特朗普政府纪念美国建国250周年活动的一部分，该雕像将在华盛顿市中心的联邦公园自由广场展出最多六个月。
罗德尼曾奴役200人，他的雕像在2020年乔治·弗洛伊德被杀害后引发的种族正义抗议蔓延时，从特拉华州威尔明顿的原址被拆除，此后一直存放在仓库中。
在特朗普所谓的”反美”意识形态运动中，他下令拆除奴隶制展览品、恢复邦联雕像，并采取其他民权倡导者称可能逆转数十年社会进步的举措。
内政部的声明未提及罗德尼是奴隶主，也未说明其雕像在威尔明顿被拆除的情况。该部门发言人表示，展出该雕像是政府”承认我国历史全貌，包括凯撒·罗德尼故事”的承诺的一部分。
罗德尼因面部癌症毁容，于1784年去世。2020年”黑人的命也是命”抗议期间被推倒的邦联将军阿尔伯特·派克（Albert Pike）雕像于去年重新安装在华盛顿。
华盛顿报道；唐娜·布莱森和辛西娅·奥斯特曼编辑
Trump administration to display statue of founding father who enslaved dozens
March 19, 2026 12:53 AM UTC / Reuters
WASHINGTON, March 18 (Reuters) – A statue of Caesar Rodney, a signer of the Declaration of Independence and an enslaver, that was taken down in Delaware in 2020 amid racial justice protests will be displayed by President Donald Trump’s administration this year in Washington.
The National Park Service plans to install the bronze statue of the Delaware plantation owner on horseback in Washington, D.C., temporarily, the Interior Department said.
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The statue recalls Rodney’s famous ride in 1776 to Philadelphia to sign the Declaration of Independence.
It will remain in place for up to six months in Freedom Plaza, a federal park in downtown Washington, as part of the Trump administration’s commemoration of the 250th anniversary of the nation’s founding, the Washington Post reported.
Rodney enslaved 200 people and his statue was taken down after 97 years from its location in Wilmington, Delaware, in 2020 when racial justice protests spread following the killing of George Floyd. It has been stored in a warehouse since then.
In a campaign against what Trump calls “anti-American” ideology, he has ordered the dismantling of slavery exhibits, restoration of Confederate statues and other moves that civil rights advocates say could reverse decades of social progress.
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The Interior Department statement did not note that Rodney was an enslaver nor that his statue was taken down in Wilmington. The department’s spokesperson said displaying it was part of the administration’s commitment to “acknowledging the full breadth of our nation’s history, including the story of Caesar Rodney.”
Rodney suffered from a disfiguring facial cancer and died in 1784. A statue of Confederate General Albert Pike, which was overturned during the Black Lives Matter protests in 2020, was reinstalled in Washington last year.
Reporting by Kanishka Singh in Washington; editing by Donna Bryson and Cynthia Osterman
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