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Pentagon Orders Reinstallation of Robert E. Lee Portrait, Complete With Slave
https://www.mediaite.com/politics/pentagon-orders-reinstallation-of-robert-e-lee-portrait-complete-with-slave/Pentagon Orders Reinstallation of Robert E. Lee Portrait, Complete With Slave
Michael Luciano
Aug 29th, 2025, 12:02 am
The Pentagon is ordering the reinstallation of a portrait of Confederate General Robert E. Lee that was taken down at the U.S. Military Academy three years ago, The New York Times reported on Thursday night.
The painting is 20 feet tall and depicts a slave guiding Lee’s horse in the background. In 2022, the federal government formed a commission that ordered the removal of the names of Confederates adorning various military installations. That commission ordered the academy in West Point, New York to remove any displays that “commemorate or memorialize the Confederacy.”
With President Donald Trump’s backing, Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth has waged a war on what he calls “wokeness” in the military.
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