Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth ordered the return of a Confederate memorial to Arlington National Cemetery and blamed "woke lemmings" for its removal. The Moses Ezekiel statue portrays sentimental images of Confederate soldiers and loyal Black slaves, was installed in 1914, and was removed in late 2023 as part of an effort to remove Confederate glorification and rename bases honoring traitors. The Civil War killed more than 300,000 military members, a fact noted as being trivialized by the defense secretary for political purposes. The Pentagon is also restoring other Confederate commemorations, including a Robert E. Lee portrait, reinstating base names via surname substitutions, and reestablishing an Albert Pike statue in Washington, D.C.
When Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced earlier this month that he would return a Confederate memorial to Arlington National Cemetery, he blamed "woke lemmings" for it having been taken down. Created by the sculptor Moses Ezekiel, the statue in question, which Hegseth described as "beautiful and historic," features sentimental images of Confederate soldiers and loyal Black slaves. It was first installed in the cemetery in 1914 and was removed in late 2023,
On Thursday, The New York Times reported that the Pentagon is returning a portrait of Robert E. Lee to West Point. The Pentagon has reinstated old base names-in defiance of a law, enacted in 2021 over Donald Trump's veto, that required their removal-by identifying honorable but previously obscure veterans who share a surname with rebel generals such as Lee and George Pickett.
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