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December 28, 2022

West Point Starts Removing Confederate Monuments from Campus
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The U.S. Military Academy at West Point has begun removing Confederate
monuments from its New York state campus following a congressional
review and Pentagon orders to take down or rename 13 Confederate "assets
and memorabilia." The removal includes a portrait of General Robert E.
Lee, who was a graduate and superintendent of West Point. The Southern
Poverty Law Center says over 230 Confederate symbols have been removed
or renamed in the U.S. since May 2020, when racial justice protests
swept the country.


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