Massive monument to falsified Confederate history soon to leave Arlington

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https://ggwash.org/view/91892/massive-monument-to-falsified-confederate-history-soon-to-leave-arlington

 

A prominent example of public art as propaganda–a 32-foot-tall bronze Confederate Memorial, originally erected in 1914–will be removed from Arlington National Cemetery by January 1, 2024. The story of the monument highlights how interpreting past events is essential to understanding today’s struggles over racism, voting rights, insurrection, and democracy.

Arlington Cemetery is best known for the eternal flame at President Kennedy’s grave and the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. Some visitors may tour Arlington House, the former home of Robert E. Lee, and the associated museum. Few make the effort to hike out to Section 16, where graves of 482 Confederate soldiers and spouses encircle the monument, which bears the inscription “To Our Dead Heroes By The United Daughters of the Confederacy.”

The presence of a memorial at America’s national cemetery to troops who fought against the United States is a historical oddity. Its removal represents a long-overdue repudiation by the federal government of the legacy of the United Daughters of the Confederacy (UDC), one of the most effective and nefarious advocacy organizations in US history.

Removing the Arlington statue is required under the 2021 Defense Authorization Act, the first defense policy bill to pass Congress after the murder of George Floyd accelerated America’s reckoning with its history of racial injustice. The bill was vetoed by then-President Trump, who cited his opposition to renaming military bases in his veto message. Trump’s veto was overridden by bipartisan supermajorities in the House and Senate.

Only the bronze portion of the memorial will be relocated. The podium will remain in place after the statue is removed to avoid any disturbance to the graves, which will also remain in place. The monument’s sculptor, Moses Ezekiel, who fought in the Confederate Army, is among the people buried there.

I spoke with Henry Cross, an expert in museum exhibit relocation. He proposed a helicopter as the best way for the Army to remove and transport the structure from the sensitive burial site. “They have helicopters that can move Abrams tanks… and they can do it in the dead of night,” he said.
 

Arlington National Cemetery’s history is intimately connected with Civil War history. The property was inherited by Lee’s wife, Mary Custis Lee, great-granddaughter of Martha Custis Washington, the United States’ first First Lady. Lee left the property in 1861 to rebel against the United States and lead the fight to preserve slavery. Soon after, the strategically important site directly overlooking Washington, DC was occupied by Union troops. President Lincoln designated the property a national cemetery for the growing number of Union dead. The decision was intentionally made as a gesture of defiance against Lee.

Confederate troops were barred from being buried at Arlington until Congress authorized it in 1900, when politicians seeking votes from white Southerners, including President William McKinley, declared a time of reconciliation and “fraternity” between the North and South. Congress appropriated $2,500 to have Confederate remains already buried in multiple states moved to Arlington. By 1902, 262 former Confederate soldiers were reburied there–the only soldiers who fought against the United States to rest at the national cemetery.

 

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I’m assuming if we look hard enough the trash Zionists we’re behind the civil war as well!!!!

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When’s George Floyd’s statue being removed?

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When you start removing history, It’s bound to repeat itself 

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Just now, toslow said:

When you start removing history, It’s bound to repeat itself 

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I was in Mississippi and visited the Jefferson Davis house. Full on confederate remembrance of the south's civil war with a graveyard for solders in the backyard and a souvenir shop that had anything you could think of with the confederate battle flag embroidered on it.

Davis was caught trying to escape dressed up in woman's' clothing, they paraded him around for a little while when they caught him.

I would say it's southern heritage and history that needs to be remembered but not celebrated.