Washington (tnnd) – A statue reminiscent of the Confederation, which was removed from the Arlington National Cemetery less than two years ago, will cost taxpayers for the restoration of $ 10 million.
The statue of a female figure dressed in a crown of olive leaves is described by the Arlington National Cemetery as “nostalgic, mythologized vision of confederation”. In December 2023, at the request of a commission commissioned by Congress, which was commissioned to remove statues, it was racially problematic, especially those who celebrate the Confederation. Retired army. Gen. Ty Seidule, the deputy chairman of the Commission, called the statue, which was built in 1914 by the Confederated Veteran Moses Hesekiel, “problematic from top to bottom”.
At the base of the statue – below the female figure – there are human figures that are described as “sanitary representations of slavery”. The statue contains a Latin inscription “Victrix Causa Diis Placuit Sed Victa Caton”, “The victorious cause was pleasant for the gods, but the lost thing for Cato”. The sentence is considered “the split off of the south as a noble” lost cause “.
Visitors to the Arlington National Cemetery can expect that the monument will be exhibited by 2027 and contain panels that offer a context of its history, a Pentagon officer told the AP. The monument must be renovated and the basis that replaces it.
The secretary of the Ministry of Defense announced the decision to return “the reconciliation monument” on Tuesday.
“It should never have been depressed by Woke Lemmings,” wrote Hegseth. “In contrast to the left, we do not believe that we are deleting American history – we honor them.
Hegseth previously avoided the Commission's efforts to scrub any trace of Confederation homage via names and monuments. While the Commission tried to change the name Fort Bragg, named after Gen. Braxton, in Fort Liberty; Hegseth named the military base after another soldier in the army, with the same last name. Hegseth named in February that Fort Bragg would be named after the Army Pfc. Robert Bragg, a soldier of the Second World War, who deserved a purple heart and silver star for his heroic efforts during the battle for the binge.
The return of the “reconciliation monument” takes place months after President Donald Trump had signed an executive regulation entitled “Restoration of Truth and Reason in American history”, in which the restoration of statues that were “removed or changed in order to maintain incorrect reconstruction of American history, to minimize the value of certain historical events or figures inappropriately, or another inadequate, to involve participating ideological ideology ”.
“This revisionist movement tries to undermine the remarkable achievements of the United States by putting on their founding principles and historical milestones in a negative light,” says the executive regulation. “Under this historical revision, the unprecedented legacy of our nation, freedom, individual rights and human happiness will be reconstructed in nature racist, sexist, depressing or in any case irrevocably incorrectly.”
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