{"id":1787271,"date":"2022-12-26T14:33:45","date_gmt":"2022-12-26T19:33:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1787271"},"modified":"2022-12-26T15:06:05","modified_gmt":"2022-12-26T20:06:05","slug":"west-point-begins-removing-confederate-monuments-from-campus-robert-e-lee-portrait-and-bust-cleared-out","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/west-point-begins-removing-confederate-monuments-from-campus-robert-e-lee-portrait-and-bust-cleared-out\/","title":{"rendered":"West Point Starts to Remove Confederate Monuments From Its Campus; Robert E. Lee Portrait &#038; Bust Cleared Out"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">36<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fwest-point-begins-removing-confederate-monuments-from-campus-robert-e-lee-portrait-and-bust-cleared-out%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1787271&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/west-point\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">West Point<\/a> has started to remove monuments, and references \u201ccommemorate or memorialize the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/confederacy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Confederacy<\/a>,\u201d The academy was announced last week.<\/p>\n<p>According to the U.S. military academy, which is 220-years-old, it began a \u201cmulti-phase\u201d Over the holiday break, all 13 monuments and references West Point claims honor the Confederacy were removed, including a portrait of Gen. Robert E. Lee (CNN). <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2022\/12\/25\/politics\/west-point-to-remove-confederate-monuments\/index.html\">reported<\/a>. This was in response to an October Order from the Department of Defense (DOD), mandated by the National Defense Authorization Act.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDuring the holiday break, we will begin a multi-phased process, in accordance with Department of Defense (DoD) directives, to remove, rename or modify assets and real property at the United States Military Academy (USMA) and West Point installation that commemorate or memorialize the Confederacy or those who voluntarily served with the Confederacy,\u201d Lt. Gen. Steve Gilland <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westpoint.edu\/naming-commission-report\/superintendents-message\">wrote<\/a> A letter to West Point&#8217;s community.<\/p>\n<p>Along with Lee\u2019s portrait and bust, West Point is also replacing a quote from the southern general that is displayed at the campus\u2019 Honor Plaza. Gilland wrote that a committee will determine a new quote that will replace Lee\u2019s quote by the spring of 2023.<\/p>\n<p>By the spring of next years, at least three roads and three buildings will be renamed after Confederacy soldiers.<\/p>\n<p>Lee\u2019s portrait that was on display in the library will be moved to storage at the West Point Museum, while Lee\u2019s bust is being moved to other storage, the general explained. A bronze tritych. <a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/19nhxKfBungsgL1d157vjDUdAlk4V-8g8\/view\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">includes<\/a> Lee and other Confederate soldiers, along with the words \u201cKu Klux Klan\u201d Storage will also receive it \u201cuntil a more suitable location is determined.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe will conduct these actions with dignity and respect,\u201d Gilland wrote.<\/p>\n<p>After George Floyd&#8217;s death in May 2020, there was a huge outcry about Confederate monuments. Many statues were taken down. The largest Confederate monument in America, a statue by Lee, was removed from display in September 2021. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/largest-confederate-statue-in-u-s-comes-down-in-virginia\">taken down<\/a> Richmond, Virginia<\/p>\n<p>The city of Richmond was inaugurated earlier this month.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/city-digs-up-remains-of-confederate-general-after-taking-down-statue\">dug up<\/a> Confederate General A.P.&#8217;s remains. Hill continues to exterminate Confederate symbols, monuments, and other objects from public spaces.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>West Point has begun to remove monuments and references that \u201ccommemorate or memorialize the Confederacy,\u201d the academy announced last week.\u00a0 The 220-year-old U.S. military academy said it had begun a \u201cmulti-phase\u201d process over the holiday break to remove all 13 references and monuments that West Point says honor the Confederacy, including a portrait and bust &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":324,"featured_media":1890749,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"West Point Starts to Remove Confederate Monuments From Its Campus; Robert E. 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