Equestrian statue of Caesar Rodney

A statue of Caesar Rodney was installed in Wilmington, Delaware, United States. The statue was erected in Rodney Square in downtown Wilmington on July 4, 1923. It was designed by New York sculptor James Edward Kelly. The Gorham Company in Rhode Island cast the statue and its two bronze plaques. But since Rodney had been a major slave owner, amid calls for racial reckoning in June 2020, the memorial was removed at a cost of $33,561.80 and placed in a private storage facility in Swedesboro, NJ, at a cost of $100 per month. In February 2026, according to internal Interior Department documents, the statue will be given a position in honor by the Trump administration, at least temporarily in Washington’s Freedom Plaza, as part of the nation’s 250th birthday.