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Confederate memorial in Arlington Cemetery is REMOVED after judge lifts restraining order that barred it from being taken down
[Daily Mail, where America gets its news] - US District Judge Rossie Alston issued a temporary injunction Monday after receiving an urgent phone call saying that gravesites were being desecrated
- But he toured the site and saw it being treated respectfully and allowed for the Confederate memorial to be removed on Tuesday
- Officials began removing the structure on Wednesday in front of a handful of onlookers and a crane was used to lift the top of the Confederate memorial
Virginia Governor Glenn Youngkin, who disagrees with the decision to remove the memorial, made arrangements for it to be moved to land owned by the Virginia Military Institute at New Market Battlefield State Historical Park in the Shenandoah Valley.
| A reasonable choice, since the sculptor, Moses Ezekiel, was their first Jewish cadet and rose to sergeant in the battalion they sent to fight for the Confederacy in the Civil War. |
Posted by: Skidmark 2023-12-21 |
