Marine Corps Bans Confederate Symbols From Bases

From the military blog Task & Purpose:

Marine Corps Commandant Gen. David Berger has ordered all Confederate-related paraphernalia to be removed from Marine Corps installations, his spokesman confirmed on Wednesday.

Military analyst B. A. Friedman first tweeted a document showing the commandant’s decision on Wednesday. The document did not say when all of the Confederate-related paraphernalia needed to be removed by.

Berger’s spokesman confirmed to Task & Purpose that the commandant had sent a directive to his senior staff ordering all installations to get rid of symbols of the Confederate States of America.

BREAKING: Marine commandant banishes Confederate symbols from all Corps installations https://t.co/hUm3mVZK8e

— Task & Purpose (@TaskandPurpose) February 27, 2020