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2023-12-18 20:12:18 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: 50609487EAB1CC5E3CDE532E8D22832852F32B27AC6EE2B4075944CA9FEC9A88
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The Confederate Memorial at Arlington National Cemetery has no official name, and is most commonly called "Confederate Memorial" https://www.arlingtoncemetery.mil/Explore/Monuments-and-Memorials/Confederate-Memorial A lawsuit to stop its removal was denied in court https://news.bloomberglaw.com/litigation/arlington-confederate-monument-removal-survives-court-challenge The family of its sculptor, Moses Ezekiel, has also requested that the statue be removed https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/virginia-politics/descendants-of-rebel-sculptor-remove-confederate-memorial-from-arlington-national-cemetery/2017/08/18/d4da6a3e-842b-11e7-ab27-1a21a8e006ab_story.html
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