Last Updated on December 18, 2023
A Trump-appointed federal judge acted at the last minute to temporarily stop Joe Biden’s vandals from tearing down the Confederate Memorial at Arlington National Cemetery which has stood for over 100 years in the Confederate section of the cemetery, the final resting place for more than 400 Confederate veterans and spouses. The Memorial sets itself apart from others dedicated to both the Confederacy and the Union, by showcasing the South’s racial diversity.
Trump-appointed U.S. District Judge for the Eastern District of Virginia, Judge Rossie Alston, has temporarily blocked the Biden D.O.D’s removal of the Confederate Memorial at Arlington National Cemetary in Arlington, Virginia. The temporary block, which comes in the form of a restraining order that keeps crews from destroying the memorial, will be in effect until at least Wednesday when the court will hear arguments from the group Defend Arlington, which is fighting to keep the memorial in place.
The group’s lawsuit accuses the Biden Regime and the Department of Defense, specifically the United States Army, of violating regulations around the removal of history in an effort to rush the teardown along.
“The removal will desecrate, damage, and likely destroy the Memorial longstanding at ANC as a grave marker and impede the Memorial’s eligibility for listing on the National Register of Historic Places,” the lawsuit states, according to the Associated Press.
Though Biden’s vandals had already begun the teardown process when the restraining order was issued, the federal government says that the memorial is still intact and that crews have been pulled off the job for the time being.
Notably, the Arlington Confederate Memorial, which was sculpted by Jewish-American artist and native-born Virginian Moses Jacob Ezekiel, is set apart from other monuments and memorials dedicated to both Union and Confederate forces by showcasing the racial diversity of the antebellum South and the Confederate cause.
As pictured below, at least one of the Confederate soldiers depicted on the statue is said to be an African-American.
On another portion of the statue, a Confederate soldier can be seen handing his baby to a black female caretaker, presumably a slave, as he marches off to war.
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