Army To Remove Confederate Memorial At Arlington

The Washington Post reports:

The U.S. Army intends to remove a Confederate memorial from Arlington National Cemetery next week as part of its ongoing work to rid Defense Department property of divisive rebel imagery, defying dozens of congressional Republicans who have vociferously protested the move.

A woman representing the American South, standing atop a 32-foot pedestal, lords above most other monuments within America’s most revered resting place. It portrays, according to the cemetery’s website, a “mythologized vision of the Confederacy, including highly sanitized depictions of slavery.”

This month, 44 Republican lawmakers cautioned Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, the first African American to hold the post, that the Pentagon would overstep its authority by removing the memorial, and they demanded that all efforts to do so stop until Congress works through next year’s appropriations bill.

Read the full article. Opposition to removing the memorial is being led by GOP Rep. Andrew “Rioters Were Tourists” Clyde.

The U.S. Army intends to remove a Confederate memorial from Arlington National Cemetery as part of its ongoing work to rid Defense Department property of divisive rebel imagery, defying dozens of congressional Republicans who have protested the move. https://t.co/WhrCT70PLh

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