Trump Announces Opening Of Spirit Of ’76
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The Spirit of 76 is opening at Freedom Plaza in Washington, DC.
Trump said, “This 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 — The nearly 12,000 Americans who lost their lives aboard British ships in conditions of unimaginable deprivation, squalor, and disease.”
I am thrilled to announce the opening of SPIRIT OF ’76 at FREEDOM PLAZA, a new Exhibition in Washington, D.C., honoring the Heroes and Martyrs of the American Revolution. This 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 — The nearly 12,000 Americans who lost their lives aboard British ships in conditions of unimaginable deprivation, squalor, and disease. More Americans died on these prison ships than in all of the War’s battles combined — Many of whom willingly endured suffering and death rather than renounce the Patriot cause. The Exhibition is anchored by a central bronze statue, “Spirit of Liberty,” which is crowned in a wreath of victory, and powerfully wielding the Declaration of Independence and a sword pointed to the sky. Everyone should see this new Exhibition! As we prepare to celebrate the 250th Birthday of our beloved Country, these statues and monuments now stand prominently in the heart of our Nation’s Capital as a celebration of the 250-year Triumph of the American Spirit, which is now STRONGER, GREATER, and MORE GLORIOUS than ever before!
He also shared these images:
One of the centerpieces of the exhibition is a statue of Caesar Rodney.
Rodney rode through lightning to break Delaware’s deadlock vote on independence.
He was suffering from severe asthma and facial cancer.
Among the centerpieces of the exhibition is a commanding equestrian statue of Caesar Rodney, a signer of the Declaration of Independence whose heroic midnight ride through a thunderstorm delivered a decisive vote that helped secure America’s independence in 1776.
Caesar Rodney’s legacy was immortalized when, on July 1, 1776, he learned that his vote was required to break Delaware’s deadlock in the Continental Congress and grant unanimity to Richard Henry Lee’s resolution for independence. Despite suffering from severe asthma and a disfiguring facial cancer, Rodney mounted his horse and galloped 18 hours from Dover, Delaware, to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in the dead of night and through a raging storm, to vote. He arrived at Independence Hall on July 2, where he cast his vote and secured our nation’s independence.
The statue installed at Freedom Plaza today is the same statue that for decades commanded the center of Rodney Square in Wilmington, Delaware, but was removed in June 2020 in what President Donald J. Trump described as “part of an ongoing, radical purge of America’s founding generation.” Now, all who visit Washington, DC, will have the opportunity to learn about Caesar Rodney’s distinct role in the birth of our Republic.
