So this stuff has been fine for decades and decades but just now it’s a problem? The erasure of history is so offensive.The College Fix reports:
West Point begins removal of Robert E. Lee, Confederate paraphernaliaOver these December holidays, the United States Military Academy at West Point is starting the process of removing aspects of the Confederate States of America in the name of altering its “racist-past references.”Congress’ Naming Commission, comprised of four U.S. military veterans and four civilians, made its final recommendations this past summer.Among them were renaming “seven different Department of Defense ‘assets’ dedicated to Confederate generals Robert E. Lee, P.G.T. Beauregard, and William Hardee,” and the removal of Lee’s portrait from the library in Jefferson Hall.Lee served as West Point superintendent for several years prior to the Civil War.In a December 26 statement, current superintendent Lieutenant General Steve Gilland said that over the holiday break, West Point will “begin a multi-phased process […] to remove, rename or modify assets and real property […] that commemorate or memorialize the Confederacy or those who voluntarily served with the Confederacy,” the Daily News reports.Gilland said the Point “will conduct these actions with dignity and respect.”Along with the removal of Lee’s portrait, a stone bust of the general and his quote about honor also will be yanked from the campus’s Reconciliation and Honor Plazas respectively by next spring.From the story:
Also on the way out are a triptych of bronze panels 11 feet tall by 5 feet wide that depict Lee among several historical figures, along with an image of a hooded, armed man, captioned “Ku Klux Klan.”
They too will be stashed in storage “until a more suitable location is determined.” In addition, various streets, buildings and other areas throughout West Point that are named after Lee and others who served in the Confederacy will be renamed.
Stone markers in the academy’s Reconciliation Plaza that commemorate the Confederacy will be modified “with appropriate language and images that comply with the Commission’s recommendations” …
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