[Cincinnatus.45-70]

This is not a big deal. I don’t have the source right now, but Arlington Cemetery itself was started on the grounds of the Custis estate so that General Lee’s family would not want or be able to reclaim their property after the War Between the States. Removal of a favorable Confederate memorial is completely in keeping with the original intent of the cemetery in my view.

[E. Pluribus Unum]

So you don’t have a problem with it being done illegally and the rule of law being dead?

[ohioman]

The monument is a testament to reconciliation and moving forward. Opinions like yours’ are part of the reasons countries have Civil Wars.

[rollo tomasi]

Mary Lee, who owned the property via her daddy, George Washington Parke Custis, was sure pissed that the Feds usurped her land over some BS tax law. This and the pushing the 14th amendment shows the stupidity of power relishing the spoils without long-term thinking.

[rollo tomasi]

Btw, after the SCOTUS ruled in favor of the Lee family over the land, the son got pressured to sell the land. Again a testament to extortion “at a fair price” or whatever.

[central_va]

Removal of a favorable Confederate memorial is completely in keeping with the original intent of the cemetery in my view.

Your view? Tell us, is it hard to see out of your sphincter?