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Conservative Leaders: History Matters, Protect America’s Monuments

By ACRU Staff|2023-03-06T12:09:15-05:00July 10th, 2020|

Over 100 leaders of the conservative movement have joined together to issue a “memo to the movement” applauding President Trump’s “Executive Order on Protecting American Monuments, Memorials, and Statues and Combating Recent Criminal Violence” and decrying the vandalism and assaults on revered American monuments such as the Lincoln Memorial, the World War II Memorial, statues of former Presidents Ulysses S. Grant and Andrew Jackson, and even military veterans and Christian leaders who worked to abolish slavery.

Nation’s Values Under Attack—We Must Do This to Stop the Left’s Socialist Agenda

By ACRU Staff|2023-03-06T12:09:17-05:00July 7th, 2020|

Our country is under attack from radical leftists. Mobs rampage through our streets, monuments are being destroyed, and the very law and order that ensures our communities’ peace and security is being undermined.

Councilman asks why FOP memorial “isn’t on list of those to be removed”

By ACRU Staff|2023-03-06T12:09:18-05:00July 7th, 2020|

Councilman Ryan Dorsey of Baltimore made a very public request to tear down a memorial to fallen Baltimore police officers. On the link at the end of this paragraph, you can download a copy of our Protect Monument Action Pledge for officials and send it to Mr. Dorsey, or your own local politicians. Ask them to sign it. Put them on the spot. And then let us know if they have signed - or not.

Antifa destroys 100-year-old iconic Elk statue

By ACRU Staff|2023-03-06T12:09:18-05:00July 7th, 2020|

Around two hundred Antifa terrorists and far-left militant protesters gathered at the Portland Justice Center on Wednesday night and torched the 100-year-old elk statue. They did so much damage, it will have to be removed.

Armed Black Militia Challenges White Nationalists at Georgia’s Stone Mountain Park

By ACRU Staff|2023-03-06T12:09:19-05:00July 7th, 2020|

The headline is misleading. As far as we can tell from the article, there weren't any counter protesters or white nationalists at the park. The militia members addressed their comments to people who were not there.

DHS Launching Rapid Deployment Teams Across U.S. To Protect Monuments From ‘Violent Anarchists And Rioters’ During July 4 Weekend

By ACRU Staff|2023-03-06T12:09:19-05:00July 7th, 2020|

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Chad Wolf announced on Wednesday that it is deploying Rapid Deployment Teams (RDT) across the country to protect federal monuments from “violent anarchists and rioters” during the Fourth of July holiday weekend.

Source: DHS Launching Rapid Deployment Teams Across U.S. To Protect Monuments From ‘Violent Anarchists And Rioters’ During July 4 Weekend | The Daily Wire

Statue Destroyed Of Famed Black Abolitionist Frederick Douglass On Anniversary Of Notable Speech

By ACRU Staff|2023-03-06T12:09:19-05:00July 7th, 2020|

A statue of famed black abolitionist Frederick Douglass was destroyed at Maplewood Park in Rochester, New York, over the weekend, which comes on the anniversary of a notable speech that Douglass delivered at an Independence Day event in the city in 1852.

Trump Issues Executive Order To Rebuild Non-Confederate Monuments That Have Been Torn Down By Protesters

By ACRU Staff|2023-03-06T12:09:19-05:00July 7th, 2020|

Ahead of the Fourth of July weekend, President Donald Trump issued an executive order that would create a new national park to display statues and monuments dedicated to “American Heroes,” including those that have been torn down by protesters in the past month.

Ken Masugi: Lincoln’s New Assassins

By ACRU Staff|2023-03-06T12:09:20-05:00July 3rd, 2020|

Now the mob takes the role of John Wilkes Booth in removing perhaps the greatest of all Lincoln sculptures, the Emancipation Memorial in Lincoln Park, located in northeast Washington, D.C. The preeminent Lincoln scholar of our or any other time, Harry V. Jaffa, said many times that this sculpture, originally referred to as the Freedman’s Memorial, rivaled Daniel French’s Lincoln Memorial creation. The statue was dedicated to honor Lincoln on the 100th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence.

Source: Ken Masugi: Lincoln’s New Assassins

Rioters Destroy Historic 120-Year-Old ‘Elk Fountain’ Statue In Portland

By ACRU Staff|2023-03-06T12:09:20-05:00July 3rd, 2020|

Rioters in Portland, Oregon, destroyed the historic 120-year-old “Thompson Elk Fountain” on Wednesday night near a federal courthouse. The rioters “ripped off wood boards protecting the building’s windows to use for firewood and barricades,” Fox News reported. “Protesters threw water bottles and other projectiles as police fired pepper balls and at least one flash-bang at protesters in front of the courthouse.”