The removed text described the sculpture as presenting a “nostalgic, mythologized vision of the Confederacy”
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Language describing slavery and the Confederacy has been removed from a historical marker accompanying a Confederate monument
The Confederate Memorial, removed in 2023, is set to return to Arlington National Cemetery in 2027
The changes follow broader efforts to reconsider Confederate symbols on military property recommended by the Naming Commission
The Trump administration has removed language from Arlington National Cemetery that was critical of a Confederate memorial that was taken down in 2023.
The changes were made to both…
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