Confederate memorial at Arlington Cemetery should be axed: Study

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Panel recommends removal of Confederate memorial at Arlington National Cemetery
by Cami Mondeaux, Breaking News Reporter
September 14, 2022 09:00 AM


The Confederate Memorial at Arlington National Cemetery should be dismantled and removed from the cemetery, according to an independent commission’s final report to Congress with suggestions for renaming military bases and assets that commemorate the Confederacy.

The statute, which was unveiled in 1914 and features a bronze woman representing the South, is “problematic from top to bottom” and should be removed entirely, according to the report. The statue’s base also features shields with the coats of arms of the 13 Confederate states, as well as depictions of enslaved men and women.

The recommendations are part of a larger report by the commission that seeks to propose new names for Army bases and assets that commemorate the Confederacy. The Naming Commission is set to submit a three-part report to Congress by Oct. 1 that includes recommendations for all memorials, awards, scholarships, and “inactive, decommissioned, or obsolete assets,” according to the report.

The panel released its first section of the report in May that recommended new names for nine Army bases that commemorate Confederate officers, including Fort Bragg in North Carolina; Fort Benning and Fort Gordon in Georgia; Fort A.P. Hill, Fort Lee, and Fort Pickett in Virginia; Fort Hood in Texas, Fort Polk in Louisiana, and Fort Rucker in Alabama.

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[Smokin Joe]

Consider whose estate Arlington Cemetery is on....and no.

[SZonian]

"...depictions of enslaved men and women."

I looked at photos of said memorial and can find nothing of the sort.

In fact, I'm quite impressed with its detail.

[Hoodat]

Consider whose estate Arlington Cemetery is on....and no.

Exactly.  An estate seized by the government without due process and just compensation.

[catfish1957]

Independent Commission my ass.

This wokeness IMO is "Problematic" and I hope I see a day these mf'ers pay for this shit.

[catfish1957]

"...depictions of enslaved men and women."

I looked at photos of said memorial and can find nothing of the sort.

In fact, I'm quite impressed with its detail.

90% of confederate soldiers did not own slaves, and were just committing the crime of defending their homeland, and way of life.

There are a lot of parallels of what I man seeing now versus 1860.  And honestly, outside the terrible institution of slavery, we'd be a hell of a lot better off with a less powerful and weaker Federal Government that the Confederacy proposed.

The Federal Government has become our enemy.  The quicker we realize that the better.

[SZonian]

 

90% of confederate soldiers did not own slaves, and were just committing the crime of defending their homeland, and way of life.

There are a lot of parallels of what I man seeing now versus 1860.  And honestly, outside the terrible institution of slavery, we'd be a hell of a lot better off with a less powerful and weaker Federal Government that the Confederacy proposed.

The Federal Government has become our enemy.  The quicker we realize that the better.

[catfish1957]

So with the state of governance right now in the U.S.

How is what we pay April 15th not basically paying Tribute to the federal mobsters?

Someone prove my wrong......

[DefiantMassRINO]

Many Confederate military veterans were also American military veterans of the Mexican-American War of 1846 - 1848.

Many Confederate military veterans were descendants of American veterans of the French and Indian War of 1754 - 1763, American Revolutionary War, War of 1812, Declaration of Independence signers, Constitutional Convention representatives, and other storied families of early American history.

The history of the Confederacy is also American history.  It should not exploited nor glorified for political gain, but it needs to be remembered, studied, and understood.

Purging the Confederacy from America's historical record is an act of Northern Agression, not American reconciliation.

[Cyber Liberty]

Many Confederate military veterans were also American military veterans of the Mexican-American War of 1846 - 1848.

Many Confederate military veterans were descendants of American veterans of the French and Indian War of 1754 - 1763, American Revolutionary War, War of 1812, Declaration of Independence signers, Constitutional Convention representatives, and other storied families of early American history.

The history of the Confederacy is also American history.  It should not exploited nor glorified for political gain, but it needs to be remembered, studied, and understood.

Purging the Confederacy from America's historical record is an act of Northern Agression, not American reconciliation.

I think the completion of the Great Confederate Purge will mark the beginning of a full-out race war.