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Confederate, Pete Hegseth and Arlington Cemetery

Confederate memorial will be returned to Arlington Cemetery, Hegseth says
The memorial was removed in 2023 at the recommendation of a commission appointed by Congress to rid the military of Confederate symbols and names.
Hegseth Puts Up Confederate Memorial That Whitewashes Slavery
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced that Arlington National Cemetery will be restoring a Confederate monument criticized for misrepresenting the history of slavery. As part of President Donald Trump’s efforts to reintroduce Confederate symbols and monuments,
Defense leaders to return Confederate memorial to Arlington Cemetery
The sculpture honoring Confederate fighters and the separatist movement was removed from the miltiary cemetery in 2023, but will be restored soon.
Confederate memorial to be returned to Arlington National Cemetery
U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth announced that a Confederate memorial will be returned to Arlington National Cemetery.
Restoring Confederate memorial removed from Arlington could cost $10M
The Pentagon expects it to take about two years to restore the monument to its original site at the cemetery, an official told The Associated Press.
Confederate statue to return to Arlington with $10M taxpayer-funded restoration
Visitors at Arlington Cemetery can expect to see the Confederate monument in 2027, featuring panels offering context about its history, a Pentagon official told the Associated Press. The
Army will spend $10m restoring torn-down Arlington Confederate monument
Restoring the Confederate monument removed from Arlington National Cemetery will cost roughly $10million, a US Army official has confirmed. It is the latest move by Donald Trump to reverse decisions that he claims 'erased American history' after the landmark,
$10M and two years: the Confederate statue's journey back to Arlington
A Confederate statue removed from Arlington is set to return after a $10 million restoration. Context will be added to explain its history.

Restoration of torn-down Confederate monument will cost $10 million over 2 years, military says

A U.S. Army official says restoring a memorial to the Confederacy that was removed from Arlington National Cemetery at the ...

Trump officials reinstating 2 Confederate monuments

The administration has plans to 'restore Confederate names and symbols' discarded in the wake of George Floyd's 2020 murder ...

With support for a Confederate monument, Pete Hegseth’s culture war crusade intensifies

The secretary might claim to be “laser-focused” on fighting wars, but his record suggests he’s far more interested in ...

AG Carr pushes for dismissal of lawsuit against Stone Mountain by Sons of Confederate Veterans

STONE MOUNTAIN, Ga. — Attorney General Chris Carr’s office has moved to have the lawsuits dismissed against Stone Mountain ...
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What to do with Arlington Cemetery’s Confederate Memorial

The Confederate Memorial at Arlington National Cemetery, pictured in 2017, has stood for more than a century. (Calla Kessler/The Washington Post) ...
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Confederate memorial to return to Arlington National Cemetery

A memorial commemorating Confederate soldiers will be reinstated to Arlington National Cemetery after it was removed in an ...
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Hegseth Is Honoring Confederate Lies, Not Actual History

The Defense secretary is using $10 million in taxpayer funds to restore a notorious piece of Lost Cause propaganda at ...

Trump bringing back Confederate statue to D.C. How many were removed in Tennessee?

A statue of a Confederate general that was removed will be reinstalled in Washington, D.C. Here's how many were removed in Tennessee.