ARLINGTON, Va. (AP) — Restoring a memorial to the Confederacy that was removed from Arlington National Cemetery at the recommendation of Congress will cost roughly $10 million total, a U.S. Army official said Wednesday — the latest development in a Trump administration effort to combat what it calls “erasing American history.”
Once back in the cemetery, the monument — described a few years ago as “problematic from top to bottom” — will also feature panels nearby that will offer context about its history, said the official, speaking on condition of anonymity about a project still in progress.
The Pentagon expects it to take about two years to restore the monument to its original site, the official told The Associated Press. The base that it sat on needs to be replaced and the monument itself will be refurbished as well.
On Tuesday, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced the Pentagon would reinstall the memorial at Arlington — an expanse just outside Washington that once contained the land of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee — less than two years after it was removed on the recommendation of an independent commission.
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.”
Note: the statue has been down longer than the Confederacy existed
Hey, I think we found the “waste, fraud, and abuse”.
Unlike the Left, we don’t believe in erasing American history — we honor it.”
Really? Because your guys spent the first few months of this year erasing as much history of women and minorities as you could get your hands on.
Oh and you guys are trying to erase about half the history of impeachment in the country.
Turns out the American history were the friends we slaughtered along the way
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Well they simply want us to be aware of how the confederacy lost because they were democrats but had good ideas about everything else
Unlike the Left, we don’t believe in erasing American history — we honor it.
By venerating our enemies and traitors who literally tried to tear our country asunder? Fuck those confederate pricks.
To be fair, they are traitors who are literally tearing your country asunder.
By venerating our enemies and traitors who literally tried to tear our country asunder?
. . .and then filling every level of government with them, and pardoning all their lackeys!
It absolutely should not cost $10 million dollars to wash a statue and put it on a concrete base.
If I can build an entire house with foundation from scratch for a few hundred thousand, then a concrete square holding an already sculpted statue should not cost that.
It also should not be put up.
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That’s what happens when you treat monuments not like historical references but like political statements.
Can’t wait to see what the “panels thst that offer context about it’s history” will say…
Hopefully they’re trying to slow-roll it until he’s out of office.
“hell never be out of office, trump is eternal”
So… honor American history and blow the fucker up.
Should have melted it down ages ago
Bleh. If it wasn’t in Arlington it wouldn’t be a problem to fix after it was restored.
