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2023-12-17 18:26:38 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: C2380CA63AEA86FD18D630883121FA06682F6C1B45B426EB393B3FA526AAF6FB
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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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