First appearance on Fox: House Freedom Caucus Chairman Bob Good (R-Va.) says the Pentagon is trying to “rewrite” history by going after the group tasked with removing references to the Confederacy from the U.S. military. I’m blaming.
In a letter to Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin and House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) on Wednesday, Goode said the Reconciliation Monument, a Confederate monument, was recently removed from Arlington National Cemetery. I objected to that.
“We write about the recent implementation of the Naming Commission’s recommendation to remove the ‘Reconciliation Monument’ at Arlington National Cemetery. We are concerned about the initiative,” Good wrote.
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House Freedom Caucus Chairman Bob Good (left) and Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin. (Getty Images)
“Efforts to remove statues and monuments like this one are a step beyond the renaming of institutions, buildings, and cities across the country in a subversive ploy of political awakening,” he wrote in a letter to Austin. “This will encourage a cycle of no harm.”
“Historic sites are healthy environments for viewing historical events from different perspectives, incorporating diverse perspectives, and encouraging lively conversations as we remember our nation’s history,” Good added.
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Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)
Mr. Good asked the Comer Board of Supervisors to hold a public hearing on the naming committee and provide the committee with relevant documents.
In his letter to Austin, Goode asked him to compile all relevant documents and communications with the naming committee, including memos to private organizations and the White House.
The Reconciliation Monument will be removed by the Department of Defense Naming Commission, which is tasked with renaming and removing military installations named after Confederates, in the wake of summer 2020 Black Lives Matter protests. It was planned.
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Confederate monument at Arlington National Cemetery, taken on August 17, 2017. (Karla Kessler/The Washington Post via Getty Images)
The monument was commissioned by the United Daughters of the Confederacy and unveiled in 1914 by then-President Wilson. Just 14 years earlier, Congress had authorized the reburial of Confederate remains at Arlington National Cemetery.
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According to reports late last year, Virginia Governor Glenn Youngkin had asked for the facility to be moved to the Virginia Military Institute.
Its removal was challenged in court, but a judge ultimately cleared the way for its removal in late December.
