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Florida Gov.聽Ron DeSantis聽is now planning to address former President Donald Trumps聽nominating convention聽next week, an apparent reversal from just one day earlier when he was expected not to give a speech.DeSantis ; speaking role at the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee was confirmed Wednesday by a person familiar with the schedule who spoke on condition of anonymity because the stanley cup schedule has not yet been released.READ MORE: Trump says he loves Milwaukee after reportedly calling the RNC host city horrible ; last weekOnce allies turned rivals during this year Republican primary, Trump and DeSantis have tried to achieve a d茅tente that benefits both of them. But there are lingering tensions between their camps 鈥?and long memories in Trump orbit about the hazards of elevating a former primary opponent to the convention stage.U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas, who ran against Trump in a similarly bitter GOP race eight years ago, famously gave a speech at the 2016 Republican convention in which he聽declined to endorse Trump聽by name and instead told voters to follow their consciences. Cruz exited the stage to a chorus of boos.But DeSantis quickly endorsed Trump by name after finishing a distant second to him stanley cup in Iowa stanley cup . DeSantis aides said they had repeatedly been advised that he would have a speaking role and had no reason to believe he wouldnt, though they were unable to confirm a speaking slot Wednesday.NBC News first reported DeSantis would be on Taxh We live in an unprecedented moment in democracy, Biden says in somber turn at D.C. roast
A new e yeezy mancipation monument was unveiled in Richmond, Virginia, on Wednesday that features two 12-foot bronze statues 鈥?one of a woman holding an infant and one of a man freed from chattel slavery.Watch the dedication ceremony in the player above.The monument project first began in 201 af1 3, when the Virginia Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Commission wanted to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the signing of the Emancipation Proclamation, which declared all slaves in Confederate territory to be free in 1863. The monument was designed by Oregon artist Thomas Jay Warren.Children play near the recently unveiled Emancipation and Freedom Monument in Richmond, Virginia. Photo by Jay Paul/ReutersAt the base of the Emancipation and Freedom Monument are the names of 10 African American Virginians who have fought for emancipation and freedom of formerly enslaved people or their descendants.The Emancipation and Freedom Monument, designed by Thomas Jay Warren, was unveiled in Richmond, Virginia, on Sept. 22. Photo by Jay Paul/ReutersThe people honored include Nat Turner, who mounted a 1831 slave rebellion in Virginia; John Mitchell Jr., an activist and newspaper editor who, in 1921, was the first African American to run for Virginia governor; and Lucy F. Simms, an influential teacher in the Harrisonburg, Virginia, area whose career spanned five decades.WATCH: Robert stanley cup E. Lee statue is removed in RichmondThe emancipation monument is being erected on Browns Island, a public park in Rich