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West Point moves to vanquish Confederate symbols from campus
ABC News ^ | December 22, 2022 | BOBBY CAINA CALVAN

Posted on 12/22/2022 3:48:39 PM PST by Robwin

Before turning against the U.S. military to command the Confederate army, Robert E. Lee served as the superintendent of West Point, the hallowed military academy that produced patriots like Ulysses S. Grant, Douglas MacArthur and Dwight Eisenhower.

But in the coming days, the storied academy will take down a portrait of Lee dressed in his Confederate uniform from its library, where it has been hanging since the 1950s and place it in storage. It will also remove the stone bust of the Civil War's top southern general at Reconciliation Plaza. And Lee’s quote about honor will be stripped from the academy’s Honor Plaza.

The moves are part of a Department of Defense directive issued in October ordering the academy to address racial injustice and do away with installations that “commemorate or memorialize the Confederacy.”

That includes a trio of bronze panels, measuring 11 feet tall and 5 feet wide, that depict significant events and figures in U.S. history, including Benjamin Franklin and Clara Barton. But the oversized plaques, dedicated in 1965, not only featured Lee and other supporters of the Confederacy but an image of an armed man in a hood, with “Ku Klux Klan” written below.

(Excerpt) Read more at abcnews.go.com ...


TOPICS: History; Military/Veterans
KEYWORDS: bidenteamnews; bobbycainacalvan; confederacy; mentalmidgets; politicalcorrectness; rewritinghistory; westpoint; wokemilitary
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And so another piece of our history falls victim to our woke mental midgets.
1 posted on 12/22/2022 3:48:39 PM PST by Robwin
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To: Robwin

Gawd, where does this sh*t end?


2 posted on 12/22/2022 3:53:31 PM PST by Rummyfan (In any war between the civilized man and the savage, support the civilized man. )
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To: Robwin

It makes them weep and gnash their teeth, and scream out.


3 posted on 12/22/2022 3:53:52 PM PST by realcleanguy (quickly things are falling apart, now that the )
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To: Rummyfan
Gawd, where does this sh*t end?

With the destruction of the Republic, and the installation of a never-ending dictatorship of the Left.

4 posted on 12/22/2022 3:59:38 PM PST by marktwain
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To: Robwin

Lots of southern boys join the military. Maybe not so much anymore after erasure of their history.


5 posted on 12/22/2022 4:01:28 PM PST by inchworm (al )
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To: marktwain

OR it ends after ALL these Leftists are sent to Hell with Extreme Prejudice.

I’m so sick and tired of this Woke Crap.


6 posted on 12/22/2022 4:02:57 PM PST by OHPatriot (Si vis pacem, para bellum)
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To: Rummyfan

Gulags.


7 posted on 12/22/2022 4:06:51 PM PST by FreedomPoster (Islam delenda est)
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To: Rummyfan

When people start doing exactly what offends the woke more.

If they want a statue down, put up another.

If they want the name of something changed, take back some other name previously changed.

When they say you offend them say “You are welcome!” with a big smile.

And so forth.


8 posted on 12/22/2022 4:07:25 PM PST by Rurudyne (Standup Philosopher)
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To: Rummyfan

It never ends.


9 posted on 12/22/2022 4:07:33 PM PST by Carriage Hill (A society grows great when old men plant trees, in whose shade they know they will never sit.)
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To: Robwin

What can one expect with fat boy little willy Milley where he is?


10 posted on 12/22/2022 4:07:44 PM PST by Da Coyote
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To: Robwin

Dig that hatchet back up, boys.


11 posted on 12/22/2022 4:07:48 PM PST by one guy in new jersey
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To: OHPatriot

I should have prefaced my post with: If we don’t stop it,


12 posted on 12/22/2022 4:07:57 PM PST by marktwain
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To: OHPatriot

SPJNK.


13 posted on 12/22/2022 4:08:03 PM PST by Carriage Hill (A society grows great when old men plant trees, in whose shade they know they will never sit.)
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To: Robwin

Getting the place ready for the Chinese takeover without firing a shot.


14 posted on 12/22/2022 4:12:58 PM PST by Nextrush (FREEDOM IS EVERBODY'S BUSINESS-REMEMBER PASTOR NIEMOLLER)
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To: Robwin
I've lost all respect and sympathy for a certain evil demographic. Kill each other. Have at it.

15 posted on 12/22/2022 4:14:41 PM PST by Governor Dinwiddie (LORD, grant thy people grace to withstand the temptations of the world, the flesh, and the devil.)
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To: Robwin

How dare they remove monuments to traitors and klansmen!


16 posted on 12/22/2022 4:15:08 PM PST by babble-on
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To: Robwin

General and President Dwight D Eisenhower revered Robert E Lee!!!!

https://www.civilwarprofiles.com/dwight-d-eisenhower-in-defense-of-robert-e-lee/

Why should West Point side with vile wokesters instead of Eisenhower and Lee? REALLY!!!!


17 posted on 12/22/2022 4:15:35 PM PST by Honorary Serb (Kosovo is Serbia! Free Srpska! Abolish ICTY!)
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To: OHPatriot

We all are....has to be the doing of Austin and/or Milley...The administration knew when the appointment of Austin was made on the basis of COLOR ALONE, that this would happen! Milley was another of Trump’s MISTAKES so no excuse there.


18 posted on 12/22/2022 4:19:48 PM PST by Thank You Rush
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To: babble-on

How dare they remove monuments to traitors and klansmen!

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Indeed! Lee’s statue and quotes should be replaced by those of Rosa Parks and Harvey Milk! Damn all these “traitors”! /s


19 posted on 12/22/2022 4:21:35 PM PST by Bishop_Malachi (Liberal Socialism - A philosophy which advocates spreading a low standard of living equally.)
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To: Rummyfan
Gawd, where does this sh*t end?

In killing fields if you really want to know.
20 posted on 12/22/2022 4:36:56 PM PST by SpaceBar
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