ATLANTA — Among many who were nominated to President Trump’s proposed National Garden of American Heroes, beloved Georgia Congressman John Lewis has been included.

Trump ordered the statue park during a Fourth of July speech at Mount Rushmore. He set up a task force on a 60-day deadline to get the idea going.

[READ: Executive Order on Building and Rebuilding Monuments to American Heroes]

The order designated a task force to identify potential locations for the park, determine whether states or counties had statues to donate and provide recommends of American heroes who should be featured. The committee sent out more than 2,000 letters to state governors and county officials for recommendations, according to the the Department of the Interior.

The nominations were made public this week.

Several states nominated civil rights activists and pioneers, including Civil Rights icon John Lewis.

Three Georgia counties responded to the Interior with their recommendations:

Gwinnett County recommended having a section that “represents ’Hometown Heroes’ to honor the many types of heroes who serve every community, like law enforcement, firefighters and EMTs, 911 Center staff, medical personnel, teachers, truck drivers, farmers, and the many other workers and professionals who are critical to our communities.”

Putnam County said it “does not have any suggestions for additional American Heroes who should be recognized.”

Rabun County recommended Rosa Parks.

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The order listed the following 31 Americans that were predetermined be honored in the outdoor park; John Adams, Susan B. Anthony, Clara Barton, Daniel Boone, Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain, Henry Clay, Davy Crockett, Frederick Douglass, Amelia Earhart, Benjamin Franklin, Billy Graham, Alexander Hamilton, Thomas Jefferson, Martin Luther King, Jr., Abraham Lincoln, Douglas MacArthur, Dolley Madison, James Madison, Christa McAuliffe, Audie Murphy, George S. Patton, Jr., Ronald Reagan, Jackie Robinson, Betsy Ross, Antonin Scalia, Harriet Beecher Stowe, Harriet Tubman, Booker T. Washington, George Washington, and Orville and Wilbur Wright.

The executive order states the National Garden should be opened for the public prior to the 250th anniversary of the proclamation of the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 2026.

Information from the Associated Press and CNN was used in this report

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