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hlthe2b

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17. A US Court decades later. Do some research. You are intensely in need of some historical reading.

Wed Dec 11, 2019, 04:40 PM

Dec 2019

You may not like it. I may not like it. Most of us may really not like it. But denying the history and reasoning behind it does nothing. It was the legal settlement for what a US Federal court deemed to be an illegal seizure. Fortunately, Arlington and all buried there remains as a National Landmark.

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Are there any Imperial Japanese or Wehrmacht soldiers buried at Arlington? [View all] jcmaine72 Dec 2019 OP

well, Arlington was aquired from the property of Robert E. Lee when it was seized hlthe2b Dec 2019 #1

But Robert E. Lee was a traitor as well and responsible for the deaths jcmaine72 Dec 2019 #5

Read the rest of my post. A court later found the property was illegally seized. hlthe2b Dec 2019 #8

Thank you. cwydro Dec 2019 #13

Illegally seized? The way Fort Sumpter was? jcmaine72 Dec 2019 #16

A US Court decades later. Do some research. You are intensely in need of some historical reading. hlthe2b Dec 2019 #17

US courts also legally sanctioned Jim Crow at the time, so do some research of your own. jcmaine72 Dec 2019 #27

I already have for decades. hlthe2b Dec 2019 #29

Lee is NOT buried at Arlington. hlthe2b Dec 2019 #10

Read my post carefully. I wrote as much. jcmaine72 Dec 2019 #14

You wrote:"As for Lee himself, his remains should have no more place in that cemetery than Heinz..." hlthe2b Dec 2019 #15

You obviously stopped reading at that point, because I wrote this in the next sentence: jcmaine72 Dec 2019 #19

You should apologize. panader0 Dec 2019 #30

For what, being factually correct? jcmaine72 Dec 2019 #35

No, for being so snide to a long time and respected member of DU. panader0 Dec 2019 #38

And yet, the long time member had already said to them "read the rest of my post" muriel_volestrangler Dec 2019 #43

Are you joking? jcmaine72 Dec 2019 #44

Link on Confederate section of Arlington Thomas Hurt Dec 2019 #2

Anton Hilberath Recursion Dec 2019 #3

It came out of legislation passed by Congress in 1900. NutmegYankee Dec 2019 #4

There is a Wehrmacht Gefreiter (Lance Corporal) buried at Fort Logan National Cemetery Jake Stern Dec 2019 #6

But there isn't a memorial to Nazi Germany above his grave like there is jcmaine72 Dec 2019 #9

A German flag I think but that's it Jake Stern Dec 2019 #41

I'm not crazy about the idea of traitorous soldiers lying in a place of honor, Aristus Dec 2019 #7

Exactly. hlthe2b Dec 2019 #11

They don't belong there and it borders on desecration to have a Confederate memorial in jcmaine72 Dec 2019 #12

I agree. Ditch the memorial. Aristus Dec 2019 #18

"Cracker asses?" cwydro Dec 2019 #26

First of all, I am Southern-born, along with my entire family. Aristus Dec 2019 #28

Funny that. cwydro Dec 2019 #33

One always has a choice. Aristus Dec 2019 #39

So...you want them all disinterred and tossed in a pile somewhere? cwydro Dec 2019 #20

Did I write that their remains should be plowed up and placed in a pile? jcmaine72 Dec 2019 #23

So you do want them disinterred. cwydro Dec 2019 #24

I said reburied elsewhere. That's pretty clear, right? jcmaine72 Dec 2019 #31

Wow! I'm thinking that it takes a lot of anger tavernier Dec 2019 #21

Seems to be an obsession... hlthe2b Dec 2019 #22

You said it so much better than I. cwydro Dec 2019 #25

Information about Confederate Soldiers buried at Arlington National Cemetary onenote Dec 2019 #32

So how do you feel about reparations for Black people? ismnotwasm Dec 2019 #34

I'm in favor of reparations. jcmaine72 Dec 2019 #36

Yes, Lauri Torni, AKA Larry Thorne. Jchall2000 Dec 2019 #37

Leave the dead JustAnotherGen Dec 2019 #40

If it means so much to you, take action. Kaleva Dec 2019 #42

Yes. As mentioned above, Lauri Torni, a former member of the Waffen SS, is buried there. Kaleva Dec 2019 #45