Reconciliation monument to return to the National Cemetery of Arlington
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Defense secretary Pete Hegseth announced Tuesday that “the monument of reconciliation”, a Confederate Memorial, will return to the National Cemetery of Arlington.
“I am proud to announce that the beautiful and historical of the historic sculpture of Moses – often called” the monument of reconciliation ” – will be rightly returned to the national cemetery of Arlington near its burial site”, wrote Hegseth on X.
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The reconciliation monument, a Confederate Memorial, at the National Cemetery of Arlington, was photographed on August 17, 2017 in Arlington, Virginia. The monument returned to the cemetery after being deleted during the Biden administration. (Calla Kessler / The Washington Post via Getty Images)
The monument was deleted in 2023 in the middle of the Pentagon movements to withdraw the statues and rename the military installations honoring the Confederate figures and moved into a storage installation of the Department of Defense in Virginia.
“This should never have been deleted by awakened lemmings. Unlike the left, we do not believe in the erasure of American history – we honor it,” said Hegseth.
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The soldier pays tribute to the Arlington National Cemetery. (Vera Mandel via Shield Communications)
As the monument was removed, the GOP legislators said that it does not honor the Confederation, but commemorates reconciliation and national unity.
The memorial was unveiled in 1914 by the president of the time, Woodrow Wilson, after being commanded by the United Daughters of the Confederacy. The Congress had authorized the reintegration of the Confederate remains in the national cemetery of Arlington barely 14 years ago.
Ezekiel was an American Jewish sculptor who fought for the Confederation during the Civil War. After the war, General Robert E. Lee encouraged him to become a sculptor, and he attended the Virginia Military Institute and studied anatomy, according to the Smithsonian American Art Museum.
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It is also buried with honors in Arlington.
