Abraham Lincoln and Theodore Roosevelt statues will be reinstated in Portland’s South Park Blocks after a public engagement process determined the landmarks should return.

The monuments, toppled five years ago this month during the "Indigenous Peoples Day of Rage" protests, will return following a series of public sessions where attendees expressed differing reasons for bringing them back.

The City of Roses reported that many residents were especially concerned about reinstalling Lincoln’s monument. One participant said they wanted the statues "back up because anarchists illegally took them down."

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Another resident opposed the "erasure of monuments," urging an "elevated conversation" about how the landmarks can be "contextualized for today’s audience and into the future."

Recontextualization of the history written on the statues continued to be a common theme, while others shared the idea that the tributes "may be better in other communities." 

The report also cited "unsanctioned vandalism" of the statues, with one Portland resident stating that a "mob of young, White anarchists should not dictate city policies," while advocating for the city to vote on each removed statue publicly. 

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Another respondent agreed, saying the crowd that tore down the monuments "does not represent Portland."

Another participant said, "Portland is a young city, we should preserve the limited past we have… damaged monuments should be repaired and reinstalled ASAP… criminal destruction of public monuments [and] art should not be an impetus for their reunion." 

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The voters on this matter reportedly fell into two different groups: one advocating for updated context for each statue, while the other was focused on reestablishing the historical monuments. 

Deb Elliott, a professor at Portland State University’s Regional Research Institute, told The Oregonian that one group of people wanted the monuments updated with a "complete narrative around the impact of the historical figure," while others "just wanted the monuments put back." 

Lincoln's statue is expected to be reinstalled in early 2026, with Roosevelt’s following about a year later.

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A former Army sergeant who once held top-secret clearance at Joint Base Lewis-McChord in Washington state was sentenced Tuesday to four years in federal prison for attempting to provide national defense information to China.

Joseph Daniel Schmidt, 31, pleaded guilty in June to attempting to deliver and retain classified material, according to the Department of Justice (DOJ). U.S. District Judge John C. Coughenour also ordered three years of supervised release.

Schmidt's sentencing comes as U.S. authorities warn of growing efforts by China to recruit or exploit former military personnel with access to sensitive information.

"As a retired Army officer, I find it unconscionable for a former soldier to put his colleagues and country at risk by peddling secret information and intelligence access to a hostile foreign power," Acting U.S. Attorney Charles Neil Floyd said.

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Schmidt enlisted in 2015, and served in the Army’s 109th Military Intelligence Battalion until 2020. Prosecutors said he had access to both secret and top secret systems and later contacted Chinese consular officials after leaving the Army.

Court records show Schmidt created multiple documents based on classified material and offered them to Chinese security services. He also kept a device capable of accessing secure Army networks, which prosecutors said he offered to Chinese officials.

After leaving the Army, Schmidt traveled to Hong Kong in March 2020 and continued corresponding with Chinese contacts. He lived there for more than three years before flying to San Francisco in October 2023, where he was arrested. He pleaded guilty in June 2025, and was sentenced Tuesday in Seattle.

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Coughenour said he weighed "the seriousness of Schmidt’s crime and his mental health at the time." A DOJ spokesperson confirmed to Fox News Digital the judge considered Schmidt’s mental health as a mitigating factor during sentencing. 

The agency said Schmidt’s separation from the Army followed a mental health episode, and officials added that no classified material was believed to have reached China.

"The FBI and our partners will remain vigilant in our mission to safeguard our nation," said W. Mike Herrington, special agent in charge of the Seattle field office.

Assistant U.S. Attorney Todd Greenberg said Schmidt "created documents based on classified and national defense information. He used his training to provide sensitive information to the Chinese security service. He knew what he was doing was wrong – he was doing web searches for such things as ‘Can you be extradited for treason.’"

The FBI investigated the case, with valuable assistance provided by the U.S. Army Counterintelligence Command (USACC).

The case was investigated by the FBI’s Seattle Field Office with assistance from the USACC.

The Army did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital's request for comment.