{"id":2623113,"date":"2026-07-02T23:42:01","date_gmt":"2026-07-03T03:42:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-unveils-spirit-of-76-dc-exhibit-honoring-revolutionary-war-figures\/"},"modified":"2026-07-02T23:43:06","modified_gmt":"2026-07-03T03:43:06","slug":"trump-unveils-spirit-of-76-dc-exhibit-honoring-revolutionary-war-figures","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-unveils-spirit-of-76-dc-exhibit-honoring-revolutionary-war-figures\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump unveils &#8216;Spirit of &#8217;76&#8217; DC exhibit honoring Revolutionary War figures"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftrump-unveils-spirit-of-76-dc-exhibit-honoring-revolutionary-war-figures%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2623113&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>President Donald Trump unveiled the \u201cSpirit of \u201976\u201d exhibit at Freedom plaza in Washington, D.C., to honor 12 Revolutionary War figures he described as \u201cheroes and martyrs,\u201d coinciding with the nation\u2019s 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence.The exhibit features statues including an equestrian statue of Caesar Rodney, Revolutionary War soldiers, and reliefs honoring the Prison Ship Martyrs, emphasizing their sacrifice in securing American independence. The central feature is the bronze \u201cSpirit of Liberty\u201d statue, symbolizing freedom and victory. The reopening of Freedom Plaza follows extensive renovations and reflects Trump\u2019s efforts to beautify the capital, including new monuments like the Rodney statue-celebrating his crucial vote for independence after a perilous journey. The event was attended by Interior Secretary Doug Burgum, highlighting the <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >broader beautification projects undertaken<\/a> before the Fourth of July celebrations. Trump also shared a post recognizing Rodney\u2019s bravery in riding overnight through storms to cast his pivotal vote for independence, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-turns-canadian-elections-upside-down-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"... turns Canadian elections upside down - ... Examiner\">emphasizing national pride<\/a> and past remembrance.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<article class=\"fn-body\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">President <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"4\">Donald Trump<\/a> unveiled the new \u201cSpirit of \u201976\u201d exhibit at Freedom Plaza in <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/washington-dc\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"260\">Washington, D.C.<\/a>, designed to honor 12 <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/revolutionary-war\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"5634\">Revolutionary War<\/a> figures whom he called \u201cheroes and martyrs\u201d in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/why-this-average-american-is-voting-for-donald-trump\/\" title=\"Why This Average American Is Voting for Donald ...\">social media post<\/a> on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The announcement comes just in time for the nation\u2019s semiquincentennial this Saturday, marking the 250th anniversary of the signing of the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/declaration-of-independence\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"3430\">Declaration of Independence<\/a>.<\/p>\n<section class=\"explore-more-section\" id=\"wex-recommended-widget\">\n<div class=\"magazine-container single\">\n<h1 class=\"magazine-title mt-2\">Recommended Stories<\/h1>\n<p>             <i class=\"fa-solid fa-play icon\"><\/i>         <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-grid\">\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a 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wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-1\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-15\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-1\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThis Exhibition includes a series of statues, including an equestrian statue of Founding Father Caesar Rodney, 12 Soldiers of the Revolution, and a set of reliefs honoring the Prison Ship Martyrs \u2014 The nearly 12,000 Americans who lost their lives aboard British ships in conditions of unimaginable deprivation, squalor, and disease,\u201d Trump <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/truthsocial.com\/@realDonaldTrump\/posts\/116853549264630885\" type=\"link\" id=\"https:\/\/truthsocial.com\/@realDonaldTrump\/posts\/116853549264630885\">posted<\/a> on Truth Social. \u201cMore Americans died on these prison ships than in all of the War\u2019s battles combined \u2014 Many of whom willingly endured suffering and death rather than renounce the Patriot cause.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe Exhibition is anchored by a central bronze statue, \u2018Spirit of Liberty,\u2019 which is crowned in a wreath of victory, and powerfully wielding the Declaration of Independence and a sword pointed to the sky,\u201d he said, urging the public to see the exhibit.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">At the reopening ceremony, Interior Secretary <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/doug-burgum\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"5973\">Doug Burgum<\/a> credited Trump for refurbishing the nation\u2019s capital ahead of the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/fourth-of-july\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"1852\">Fourth of July<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-2\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-2\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-16\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-2\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Trump \u201csaw the condition that Washington, D.C., was in, and he asked a simple question,\u201d Burgum <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/SecretaryBurgum\/status\/2072308295369421049\" type=\"link\" id=\"https:\/\/x.com\/SecretaryBurgum\/status\/2072308295369421049\">said in a video<\/a>. \u201cIf we\u2019re the greatest nation on Earth, why wouldn\u2019t we have the most beautiful capital? Why wouldn\u2019t we have the safest capital? And what a transformation the city has seen.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The refurbishment of Freedom Plaza was part of the administration\u2019s beautification projects, which included repairing fountains in the district and renovating the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Among the new installations at the open plaza in northwestern D.C. is a monument to Caesar Rodney, a founding father from <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/delaware\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"122\">Delaware<\/a> who signed the Declaration of Independence in 1776. He is known for his 80-mile horseback ride from his state to <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/philadelphia\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"901\">Philadelphia<\/a>, where he needed to break Delaware\u2019s deadlocked vote in favor of independence.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-3\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-3\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-17\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-3\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In a <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/truthsocial.com\/@realDonaldTrump\/posts\/116853560701003246\" type=\"link\" id=\"https:\/\/truthsocial.com\/@realDonaldTrump\/posts\/116853560701003246\">subsequent post<\/a>, Trump recognized Rodney\u2019s grit and determination in riding overnight through stormy weather.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4596614\/auramaxxing-trump-administration-beautifying-dc-america-250\/\" type=\"link\" id=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4596614\/auramaxxing-trump-administration-beautifying-dc-america-250\/\">\u2018AURAMAXXING\u2019: HOW THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION IS BEAUTIFYING DC AHEAD OF AMERICA 250<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cAlthough he suffered from asthma and facial cancer, Rodney immediately set forth on a 80-mile overnight journey by horseback from Dover, Delaware, to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania,\u201d the president said. \u201cEnduring a raging thunderstorm, he arrived 250 years ago this very day, July 2, 1776, to cast his decisive vote, and secure America\u2019s glorious destiny of Freedom and Independence.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-4\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-4\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-25\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-4\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cAn equestrian statue honoring Rodney\u2019s key contribution now anchors Spirit of 76\u2019 at Freedom Plaza, a new Exhibition in Washington, D.C., honoring the heroes and martyrs of the American Revolution,\u201d Trump added. \u201cGo and see!\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trump unveils \u201cSpirit of \u201976\u201d exhibit at Freedom Plaza<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2159,"featured_media":2623114,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/AP26148719007511.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[82135,42778,3634],"class_list":["post-2623113","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-presidential-exhibit","tag-revolutionary-war","tag-trump"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/AP26148719007511.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2623113","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2159"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2623113"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2623113\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2623117,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2623113\/revisions\/2623117"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2623114"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2623113"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2623113"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2623113"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}