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The National Garden of American Heroes is a new national park that Trump ordered the creation of in July 2020. At the time, he called it a vast outdoor park that will feature the statues of the greatest Americans to ever live.”
Gray founded March for Life in 1974 in response to the 1973 decision in Roe v. Wade. That year, pro-life activists gathered at the nation's capital to peacefully protest the decision. March for Life is now the largest annual peaceful protest in the United States.
In 2012 at the age of 88, Gray passed away. She is remembered for her uncompromising belief in the protection of unborn lives. Now, Gray's memory will be honored through the National Garden of American Heroes.
“What we have seen is that there was an effort to compromise on this basic subject of life for which there is no compromise,” she said in 1994. “You’re either for or against it. There is no neutrality and there is no in-between. You can’t have a little bit of abortion. You can’t be a little bit pregnant. You must understand that life must be protected in total. And once those principles were broken, more and more education was done that it is alright to kill some babies and unfortunately that came from those who were trying to defend life. And when that wrong message got through then unfortunately we’ve had 22 years of going downhill.”
