The rampant rewriting of history took a turn for reconciliation as a lawsuit and a letter from Congress remained insufficient to halt the Pentagon's plan to remove a Civil War statue from Arlington National Cemetery.
Days after the public participated in honoring the sacrifice of those buried through Wreaths Across America, the Department of Defense has scheduled the removal of a statue that has been in the cemetery for more than a century marking efforts to heal the nation once divided.
Although they did not report on the Reconciliation Monument by name, the Associated Press detailed that “Security fencing has been installed around the monument and officials anticipate completing the removal by Dec. 22, Arlington National Cemetery said in an email.”
The Arlington Reconciliation Monument will likely be removed in 5 days. I'm still hoping Congress will step in, but I honestly don't see it. Remember when they said that the monuments in the cemeteries would remain intact? They were lying. pic.twitter.com/iNE3wVomiX
— Blue and Butternut (@BlueandGray1864) December 13, 2023
As part of a larger movement started when President Joe Biden entered the White House aimed specifically at renaming things associated with the Confederacy, 44 House Republicans had demanded that Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin stopped the removal of the statue stating that the Appointments Commission had exceeded its scope.
“Despite bipartisan support for this monument, the Nominating Commission, established by the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021, clearly exceeded its legislative authority when it recommended that the Department of the Army withdraw the Arlington National Cemetery Reconciliation Monument,” the letter said. by US Navy veteran and Georgia Representative Andrew Clyde.
Nine: 44 House Republicans led by Rep. Andrew Clyde are asking the Pentagon to halt the removal of the Confederate memorial at Arlington National Cemetery at least until the end of the FY24 appropriations process.
(Clyde has a $amdmt bill in defense to stop the removal altogether) pic.twitter.com/BLsHHsXVfq
— Liz Elkind (@liz_elkind) December 11, 2023
With members like Texas Reps. Keith Self and Wesley Hunt, both graduates of the United States Military Academy who served with special forces and as a helicopter pilot respectively, the letter made it clear that the monument opened in 1914 would not he honored the Confederacy, but rather the effort to restore “national unity.”
“[T]the Reconciliation Monument does not honor or commemorate the Confederacy; the memorial commemorates reconciliation and national unity,” the GOP lawmakers wrote, adding, “Furthermore, the Naming Commission's authority explicitly prohibits the desecration of grave sites. Considering the hundreds of headstones surrounding the monument, it would be impossible for these graves to remain intact if the Department of the Army continues with its proposal to remove the monument, both of which are a clear violation of enacted statute and the legislative intent of Congress.
In addition to the congressional challenge, the DoD faced a lawsuit from a group called Defend Arlington that had filed a request for an injunction in a Washington, DC court on November 21. previously reporteda description of the monument details: “A statue of a woman representing the 'American South' holds a laurel wreath, a plow and a scythe surrounded by 14 shields representing the 11 Confederate States and the border states of Maryland, Kentucky and Missouri Of the 32 figures engraved on the pedestal, two appear as slaves, and one inscription pays tribute to the idea of the Southern War as a “lost cause.”
Unlike the changing the name of military bases, the lawmakers asserted authority over the DoD regarding the monument, adding, “The Department of Defense must respect the clear legislative intent of Congress regarding the Naming Commission's legislative authority , and moving forward with the elimination of the Reconciliation Monument would be a clear affront to the principle of separation of powers described by our founding fathers in our Constitution.”
A spokeswoman for Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin (R), Macaulay Porter, expressed disagreement with the Biden administration's decision to move forward with the removal and its intention to move the monument to New York State Historic Park. Market Battlefield in the Shenandoah Valley if proceeding.
Reactions from those who recognized the historical significance were notably disgusted by the federal government's “shameful” move.
What a shame, this administration is illegal and evil.
— Robert Hughes (@RunningBehind) December 16, 2023
History cannot be made to disappear simply by destroying or removing it. Good or bad America needs to know its history.
— jojomarks81 (@JoJoMarks4) December 17, 2023
This is the modern version of book burnings
— Yanny (@yanikmtandere) December 17, 2023
Meanwhile, Chinese mayors and gays are banning white people from Christmas parties in Boston having sex in Senate hearing rooms on videotape what a great country, get rid of those Confederate monuments that are destroying the good moral and…
— USMC Lady Vet (@Arkypatriot) December 16, 2023
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