Trump officials strip military language criticizing Confederate memorial: Washington Post
The changes remove criticism of slavery from the marker and Defense Department website as the 32-foot monument is slated to return in 2027.
- On Monday, The Washington Post reported the Trump administration removed language criticizing a Confederate Memorial from Arlington National Cemetery's website and marker, omitting descriptions of the sculpture's sanitized depictions of slavery.
- The 32-foot Confederate Memorial was removed in 2023 following criticism of its Confederate Lost Cause narrative; the previous language had explained how the statue romanticized the Civil War South and denied the horrors of slavery.
- Catholic University historian Stephen West discovered the changes Sunday, telling the Post he is 'deeply disturbed' by the edits that removed identifications of enslaved figures including a 'Mammy' and 'faithful slave' depicted on the monument.
- Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced last year the statue would return to Arlington in 2027 following 'comprehensive conservation and refurbishment', aligning with the Trump administration's broader effort to reshape Civil War portrayals.
- Retired Army Brigadier General Ty Seidule, who chaired the commission recommending the memorial's removal, called it 'the cruelest monument that I have ever seen', while the administration has also restored Confederate statues of Gen. Albert Pike in Washington and Gen. Robert Lee.
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Trump Administration Removes Criticism of Confederate Memorial From Arlington Cemetery
The Confederate monument stood at Arlington National Cemetery until 2023. Kevin Wolf/APThe Trump administration censored language criticizing a monument to the Confederacy that previously stood at Arlington National Cemetery, removing a reference to the memorial’s “nostalgic, mythologized vision.”The bronze statue depicting Confederate soldiers alongside enslaved people stood for more than a century before being removed in 2023 as part of a cong…
Media blast Trump for ‘scrubbing’ Confederate history based on prediction of what he’ll do
BS BULLETIN: The Trump administration removed Arlington language criticizing a Confederate memorial’s depiction of slavery. The statue was removed in 2023 under Biden after a congressionally mandated process. Arlington promises new “clear and accurate” historical context — but it hasn’t been released, leaving critics to condemn language they haven’t seen. The headlines are already arriving. The Trump administration is “scrubbing” criticism of sl…
WH Axes Language Critical Of Confederate Memorial
The Washington Post reports: The Trump administration has removed language criticizing a memorial to the Confederacy formerly located in Arlington National Cemetery, part of its ongoing effort to reshape portrayals of the Civil War. The Confederate Memorial, a 32-foot bronze statue commissioned by the United Daughters of the Confederacy and unveiled in 1914, was removed … The post WH Axes Language Critical Of Confederate Memorial appeared first …
Trump Officials Remove Language Criticizing Confederate Memorial at Arlington
Arlington, Virginia — The Trump administration has removed language from Arlington National Cemetery’s website and a cemetery marker that criticized the Confederate Memorial’s portrayal of slavery and the Civil War South. The 32-foot bronze monument, commissioned by the United Daughters of the Confederacy and unveiled in 1914, was dismantled in 2023 under a congressionally mandated process to remove Confederate symbols from military property. Pr…
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