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What Trump’s “Garden of American Heroes” says about his America — and the way other countries handle their history

JL;DR SUMMARY In this piece, PJ Grisar critiques former President Donald Trump’s proposed "National Garden of American Heroes," highlighting its contentious selection of historical figures. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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Donald TrumpAmerican HistoryMonumentsCultural PoliticsRace In AmericaPolitical SymbolismNational Garden Of American HeroesHistorical CommemorationConservative NostalgiaArt In Public Spaces

Places mentioned

New Jersey, United States
"Scalia, the arch-conservative Supreme Court justice, who was born to an Italian immigrant professor father in New Jersey and is one of this planned gardens more controversial picks, comes closest to that trajectory."
Budapest, Hungary
"In Budapest, Memento Park preserves Soviet Era statues of Lenin, Marx and Stalin to allow visitors to reflect on the nature of dictatorships."
Moscow, Russian Federation
"Fallen Monument Park in Moscow displays some effaced communist leaders alongside modern conceptual art that many of those same Soviet rulers outlawed."

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