Trump’s ‘Garden of American Heroes’ is a monument to celebrity and achievement – paid for with humanities funding that benefits everyday Americans

Trump Rolls Out New Project To Honor American Heroes Ahead Of America’s 250th Birthday

The Trump administration announced this week an opportunity for American artists to create sculptures of historical figures like George Washington, Patrick Henry, Davy Crockett, and other American heroes in celebration of the nation’s 250th birthday. The National Endowment for the Humanities announced on Thursday that it would be handing out grants for artists to sculpt ...

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Since his first term, Trump has had a grand vision: To create a “National Garden of American Heroes,” filled with 250 statues of American titans in honor of the 250th anniversary of the country’s founding. Now, with said anniversary fast approaching — it’s July 4, 2026 — the administration has put out a call for artists, who would receive up to $200,000 each to create one of the statues, funded by money from National Endowment for the Humanities…

Trump’s ‘Garden of American Heroes’ is a monument to celebrity and achievement – paid for with humanities funding that benefits everyday Americans

Donald Trump speaks in front of a wax statue of John Wayne at the John Wayne Museum in Winterset, Iowa, during the 2016 GOP primaries. Al Drago/CQ Roll Call via Getty ImagesDonald Trump first came up with his plan for a “National Garden of American Heroes” at the end of his first term, before President Joe Biden quietly tabled it upon replacing Trump in the White House. Now, with Trump back in the Oval Office – and with the country’s 250th anniv…

Trump’s Garden of American Heroes seeks artists for its 250 statues

Meanwhile, Americans of all political stripes disapprove of the president’s cultural takeover while Max Hollein says Trump’s new anti-DEI rules “do not apply” to the Met