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What to do with Arlington Cemetery’s Confederate memorial

Por: The Boston Globe Nation December 30, 2022

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For 108 years, a massive bronze statue hailing the glory of the South has stood sentry over Confederate war dead buried in Arlington National Cemetery. Soon it will be dismantled on orders from the Pentagon, but then planners will face a quandary: what to do with a disgraced monument that some say may still have a historical lesson to impart.The Defense Department’s directive, included within an extensive mandate to strip away all remaining... + full article



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