President Donald Trump has transformed the White House Rose Garden by adding statues of America’s founders. The makeover reflects Trump’s broader effort to leave a lasting mark on Washington, D.C. (AP Video shot by: Nathan Ellgren)
\n\nWASHINGTON (AP) — Instead of adding new roses, President Donald Trump’s White House Rose Garden is growing statues.
\n\nTrump put statues of some of America’s founders in the garden just off the Oval Office after he replaced its plush lawn with a white stone patio, turning the historic outdoor space into a look-alike of the one at his Mar-a-Lago home and private club in Palm Beach, Florida.
\n\nAt least one statue was a gift. Others are on loan from people who wish to remain anonymous.
\n\nA statue of Alexander Hamilton is seen in the Rose Garden at the White House, March 6, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson, File)
\n\nThe latest addition, a bronze depiction of a seated Thomas Jefferson signing the Declaration of Independence, was a gift from George Lundeen, a sculptor from Loveland, Colorado. It joins statues already displayed there of George Washington, Alexander Hamilton and Ben Franklin. A fifth sculpture named “Freedom’s Charge” is also on the patio.
\n\nThe statues…
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