Tubman Statue to Be Included in National Garden of American Heroes

Bronze statue of Harriet Tubman holding a lantern on a brick path in a park, surrounded by greenery in Auburn, NY.
The bronze statue of Harriet Tubman, holding a lantern, stands in a park in Auburn, New York.

A statue of Harriet Tubman will soon be included in the proposed National Garden of American Heroes.

President Donald Trump made the announcement on Thursday at a White House event celebrating Black History Month. Once complete, the National Garden on the grounds of the National Mall in Washington, D.C., will be a sculpture garden honoring great figures of America’s history.

Other proposed statues include Muhammad Ali, Jackie Robinson, Billie Holiday, Aretha Franklin, Coretta Scott King, and Frederick Douglass.

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