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Pentagon to Reinstall Contested Confederate Monument at Arlington National Cemetery

Ordered by President Trump’s executive directive, the project faces criticism for glorifying the Lost Cause despite its reconciliation claims.

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Department of Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has announced the decision to return "The Reconciliation Monument" this past week. "It never should have been taken down by woke lemmings," Hegseth wrote. "Unlike the Left, we don’t believe in erasing American history — we honor it." (CLIFF OWEN/AP)

Overview

  • Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced that Moses Ezekiel’s Reconciliation Monument will return to Arlington National Cemetery and be unveiled for public viewing in 2027.
  • The Army estimates a $10 million restoration budget to replace the monument’s base and refurbish the bronze sculpture with new informational panels.
  • Restoration work will be overseen by the Army’s Center of Military History in coordination with Virginia Governor Glenn Youngkin.
  • The reinstallation responds to a March executive order directing agencies to return monuments removed since January 2020 under the banner of “Restoring Truth and Sanity to American History.”
  • Critics including Naming Commission vice chair Ty Seidule argue the monument’s sanitized depictions of slavery and Lost Cause imagery glorify the Confederate cause.