https://www.dcnewsnow.com/news/local-news/virginia/arlington-county/arlington-national-cemetery-required-to-remove-its-confederate-memorial-wants-to-hear-from-public/
Arlington National Cemetery required to
remove its Confederate Memorial, wants
to hear from public
DC News Now [Washington DC], by Max Marcilla
Posted By: NorthernDog, 8/24/2023 1:12:52 PM
ARLINGTON, Va. — On Wednesday night, Arlington National Cemetery held a virtual public scope meeting to discuss the proposed removal of the Confederate Memorial that has stood in Section 16 of the burial site for more than 100 years. It’s the latest step before removal, which the cemetery said is required by Congressional action, after the governing body approved the founding of the Naming Commission. (Snip) The 30-foot bronze statue stands atop a three-foot granite pedestal. The female figure at the top represents the Confederacy. It is a “nostalgic, mythologized version of the Confederacy, including highly sanitized depictions of slavery,