Confederate statue returning to Arlington National Cemetery, defense secretary announces

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Source: Associated Press, via ARLnow

Confederate statue returning to Arlington National Cemetery, defense secretary announces

By The Associated Press and ARLnow.com
Published August 6, 2025 at 11:45AM


Arlington National Cemetery Confederate Memorial (via Arlington National Cemetery/Twitter)
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By ASHRAF KHALIL Associated Press

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Two Washington, D.C.-area statues commemorating the Confederacy will be restored and replaced, in line with President Donald Trump's pushback on recent efforts to reframe America's historical narrative. ... Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced Tuesday that a statue commemorating the Confederacy would be returned to Arlington National Cemetery. The statue, which Hegseth referred to as "The Reconciliation Monument," was removed in 2023.

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Arlington's Confederate Memorial

On social media Tuesday, Hegseth said the Arlington statue "never should have been taken down by woke lemmings. Unlike the Left, we don't believe in erasing American history -- we honor it."

Link to tweet

In 2022, an independent commission recommended that the memorial be taken down, as part of its final report to Congress on renaming of military bases and assets that commemorate the Confederacy.

The statue, unveiled in 1914, features a bronze woman, crowned with olive leaves, standing on a 32-foot pedestal, and was designed to represent the American South. Some of the figures also on the statue include a Black woman depicted as "Mammy" holding what is said to be the child of a white officer, and an enslaved man following his owner to war.

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Read more: https://www.arlnow.com/2025/08/06/confederate-statue-returning-to-arlington-national-cemetery-defense-secretary-announces/

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At the rededication ceremony, the Army Band can play “Carry Me Back to Old Virginny,” “Massa's in De Cold Ground,”* and “ Darktown Strutters' Ball.”

* To my surprise, it’s not “Massa's in the Cold, Cold Ground.”

[Prairie Gates]

1. Must promote a War Loser Culture at the Pentagon!

[Sneederbunk]

2. Put it on wheels so the next Dem administration can move it easily.

[Initech]

3. Good to see this worthless POS administration is tackling the important issues!

[Paladin]

4. Pissing on the graves of genuine American heroes. Beyond shameful. (nt)

[choie]

5. Have we ever had a head of any agency use language like

“Woke lemmings” in their professional role? These are the ignorant, fascist, bigoted uncivil freaks we have in our government leadership now.

[William Seger]

6. Pic

[twodogsbarking]

7. In other news The Gettysburg National Park will be closed and covered in concrete.

Trump asserts he had nothing to do with it and all of those pictures with Epstein are fake.

[The Mouth]

8. We should keep ALL confederate statues, and even replace the ones removed.

But add a white flag and a placard that says 'LOSER'.

[LastLiberal in PalmSprings]

10. Move all the Confederate monuments to TACO's golf courses.

That way TACO can play among losers like himself.

[LastLiberal in PalmSprings]

9. Heggie says, "we don't believe in erasing American history."

At the same time, any reference to Felon47's two impeachments is removed from the Smithsonian's “Limits of Presidential Power” exhibit.

The museum said the label didn’t meet standards for presentation and blocked the view of objects in the case. It was removed in July 2025 during a content review.

[twodogsbarking]

11. Yer jest gonna hafta tear it down when he starts the world's largest party.

Croaks.

[littlemissmartypants]

12. Any of these abominations that are metal need to be melted for scrap.

[Bayard]

13. This disrespects every hero buried there

But then, trump thinks they're all suckers and losers.

[CTyankee]

14. I would suggest dynamiting it to smithereens but I am not in charge so....