Why is the Statue of Albert Pike in Judiciary Square

On October 28 I visited the site of the newly restored Albert Pike statue at Judiciary Square in Washington, D.C. The stature of the KKK founder and judicial officer, Confederate General Pike had been torn down by vandals in June of 2020, coincident with Black Lives Matter protests which erupted after George Floyd was killed a few weeks earlier. In 1992, when Lyndon LaRouche was in federal prison, he called for the removal of the monument, and I participated at the weekly Friday Pike Statue protest where we educated the City and Federal Workers about the statue through our loudspeaker and banners. The restoration of the statue of this treasonous man at Judiciary Square indicates the problems within our government today. It belongs in a museum, not in a public park to be celebrated by passers by. You will hear from congressional candidate Jose Vega, American historian Anton Chaitkin, and Lyndon LaRouche about why this matters.