A Confederate memorial is to be removed from Arlington National Cemetery in northern Virginia in the coming days, part of the push to remove symbols that commemorate the Confederacy from military-related facilities, a cemetery official said Saturday.

The decision ignores a recent demand from more than 40 Republican congressmen that the Pentagon suspend efforts to dismantle and remove the monument from Arlington cemetery.

    • Semi-Hemi-Demigod
      link
      fedilink
      3611 months ago

      Friends ran for ten years. The CSA existed for four years. Technically Chandler is a bigger part of US history.

      • Flying Squid
        link
        1011 months ago

        I like telling those “my heritage” people that the Obama administration lasted three more years than the Confederacy, making Obama a far greater part of their heritage.