Though dozens of congressional Republicans protested the move, the Army says it will begin work in coming days
The Lost Cause movement, which recast rebel traitors as morally righteous warriors defending states’ rights and spread the false belief that slavery was benevolent, is evident in the memorial’s bronze panels. A weeping Black woman, described by cemetery historians as a stereotypical “mammy,” clutches the baby of a White officer, and a camp servant dutifully follows his enslaver toward battle.
I grew up within a stone’s throw of where William T. Sherman was born, and I gotta say… I’m in the mood for some southern bbq and a delightful stroll to the ocean.