President Donald Trump is making plans to celebrate the 250th anniversary of American independence and create a new national sculpture garden while reviving efforts to harshly punish those who vandalize or destroy existing statues and monuments.

President Trump signed an executive order Wednesday putting into motion plans for a “grand celebration” to honor the nation’s 250th birthday next year, including the revival of his proposed “Garden of American Heroes” and potentially other events such as a Great American State Fair and games for high school athletes.

The order revives Trump's plans to build a "National Garden of American Heroes" with statues memorializing 250 historical figures.

President Donald Trump is resurrecting a plan from his first term to create a statue garden of American heroes as part of a larger celebration of the country’s 250th birthday next year. The monument garden — with statues honoring 250 people — would include the likeness of figures like Frederick Douglass,