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2023-12-18 05:11:13 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: 6550D603176A24CD6E0E5BAE9367FCCD5B2ED87DBBD11D42D5B7D35600989E31
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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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