GOP fashions itself a rebel organization i guess. Dozens of GOP congressional leaders oppose taking down this image in Arlington National Cemetery described as "clearly pro-slavery" by historians. Thankfully the military is cleaning up this crap. https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2023/12/16/confederate-memorial-arlington-cemetery/ 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. 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. The memorial “commemorates reconciliation and national unity,” not the Confederacy per se, the group led by Rep. Andrew S. Clyde (Ga.) claimed. The marker was erected in 1914, part of a constellation of Confederate markers that rose throughout the early 1900s to cement the ideals of white supremacy as Black Americans demanded equal rights. That context must be understood, said Ty Seidule, a retired Army general who was the vice chair of the congressional commission that recommended the monument’s removal from Arlington. While Republican lawmakers described the marker as an ode to reconciliation, it was installed in what was then a racially segregated cemetery and molded in celebration of an emerging racial police state in the South.
And now it's blocked by right wing lawsuit. Judge Halts Removal Of Confederate Memorial At Arlington Cemetery A judge has temporarily halted the removal of a Confederate memorial at Arlington National Cemetery, just hours after work to remove the memorial had begun. A lawsuit by the group accuses the Army, which runs the cemetery dedicated to soldiers, of violating regulations in seeking to remove the memorial. “The removal will desecrate, damage, and likely destroy the Memorial long standing at ANC as a grave marker and impede the Memorial’s eligibility for listing on the National Register of Historic Places,” the lawsuit says.
Interesting (actually it isn't) that it's mostly Republicans working hard to promote statues and monuments that we keep being reminded were put up by Democrats.
I don’t think “literally” is the right word to use here. Also, why does that matter? My opinion in my mid 40’s doesn’t count?
They should melt it down like the Robert E Lee statue in Charlottesville and make something new with it.
