There was a statue of in Dick City until two years ago. BLMers peacefully pulled it down and burned it during the summer of 2020, because he was a Confederate general, but the statue didn't mention that fact.
From the base of the statue:
>Author, Poet, Scholar, Soldier, Philanthropist, Philosopher, Jurist, and Orator.
On the front was a Latin phrase:
>Vixit Laborum Ejus Super Stites Sunt Fructus. ("He has lived. The fruits of his labors live after him.")
He's the guy who laid out the streets of DC. His statue is due to his association with Scottish Rite freemasonry.
In the statue's hand is Pike's book Morals and Dogma, where he claims Lucifer is the true god, and he predicts three world wars.
You can find the pdf of his book online for free.
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