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Federal judge rules removal of a Confederate statue in Arlington Cemetery may proceed

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Federal judge rules removal of a Confederate statue in Arlington Cemetery may proceed

www.cnn.com /2023/12/20/us/arlington-cemetery-confederate-memorial-removal/index.html

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There's no compelling reason to honor literal traitors in the national cemetery of the country they betrayed.
This statue should be in a museum with a nice big plaque explaining the treason it honored.
They don’t want to disturb the graves around the monument pillar? Grind it down to its base and put a bronzed Union boot on it.
- That's basically what Arlington National Cemetery is. The union government seized the land of Robert E. Lee, and planning for if they couldn't keep it after the war, decided to turn it into a cemetery to basically make it useless as a farm/estate. Lee's heirs eventually sued and won the land back, but didn't have much use for it, so they sold it back to the government.