United States Military Academy at West Point to remove General Robert E. Lee portrait

[David Lockmiller]

New York Times
December 24, 2022

A Congressional panel identified for removal or modification 13 items at the United States Military Academy that memorialize the Confederacy.

The United States Military Academy at West Point will start removing Confederate symbols from its campus, including taking down a portrait of Gen. Robert E. Lee dressed in his Confederate uniform from the academy’s library, officials said.

Over the next year, West Point will also remove, relocate, modify or rename busts, memorials, streets and buildings named after Confederate figures as part of a directive from the Department of Defense.

The academy plans to remove the portrait of Lee, as well as a stone bust of Lee, who was superintendent of West Point before he led the Confederate army.

Congressional panel plans to remove "history" in my opinion.

Editorial correction note after reading more of the New York Times article: "The report said the recommendations were not made with the intention of 'erasing history.'"

Apparently, I was wrong.