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.

  • Alien Nathan Edward@lemm.ee
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    7 months ago

    dope. arlington is for people who died defending america, not for people who died trying to destroy it. racist traitors don’t get consolation prizes, they should’ve been hanged for the traitors they were.