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News Articles: Confederacy

The National Ranger Memorial, established in 1992, is at Fort Moore, formerly named Fort Benning. army.mil

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Judge decides lawsuit wanting Confederate’s name restored to a Fort Moore memorial

A lawsuit filed by the Columbus-based National Ranger Memorial Foundation to restore the name of a Confederate officer to the memorial and to the elite Army unit’s hall of fame at Fort Moore has been dismissed.

December 18, 2024
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  • Mark Rice
A stone monument is shown in a grassy, tree-lined field.

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Confederate names no longer visible on Ranger monument

The U.S. Army is removing the names of four Confederate soldiers from a monument at a military base in Columbus, Ga.

June 16, 2023
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  • Orlando Montoya
The National Ranger Memorial, established in 1992, is at Fort Moore, formerly named Fort Benning. army.mil

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Army wants Confederate names gone from National Ranger Memorial. Retired soldiers object

More than 100 retired U.S. Army Rangers signed a letter sent to Congressional leaders to “strenuously object to the defacement and desecration of the National Ranger Memorial.”

June 06, 2023
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  • Mark Rice
This June 23, 2015 file photo shows a carving depicting Confederate Civil War figures Stonewall Jackson, Robert E. Lee and Jefferson Davis, in Stone Mountain, Ga. The sculpture is America's largest Confederate memorial.

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  • Politics

Political Rewind: 'Monument' documentary discusses the complicated history of Stone Mountain

Tuesday on Political Rewind: Stone Mountain has a long, complicated past. The birthplace of the second Ku Klux Klan, it is the largest memorial to the Confederacy, a reminder of the "Lost Cause" myth, and a popular picnic spot for Georgians. Today, our special panel breaks down the mountain's history.

February 21, 2023
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By:
  • Bill Nigut ,
  • Chase McGee ,
  • and 1 more
The Georgia Supreme Court has weighed in on lawsuits fighting local governments’ decision to remove Confederate monuments from public spaces, including in Henry and Newton counties. Across Georgia more than 60 statues and other memorials were erected in courthouse squares, including in Appling County, left, and Coweta County right. Georgia Recorder file photos

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Georgia Supreme Court hands supporters of Confederate statues in public squares partial setback

The Georgia Supreme Court just handed a mixed bag to supporters of keeping monuments commemorating the Confederacy on their historic courthouse lawn perches at public expense. 

October 26, 2022
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  • Stanley Dunlap
A special commission is reviewing military assets with names tied to the Confederacy at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point as well as other properties across the country.

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A plaque with the words 'Ku Klux Klan' still hangs on a building at West Point

The marker, depicting a hooded figure, was highlighted in a recent report by a special commission looking into U.S. military assets with names tied to the Confederacy.

September 01, 2022
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By:
  • Joe Hernandez
Lt. Moore with his wife Julie and their three chiildren.

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Fort Benning’s newly proposed name honors a famed Vietnam commander and his wife

Fort Benning’s newly proposed name honors famed Vietnam commander Lt. Gen. Hal Moore and his wife Julie, officials tasked with renaming Confederate military assets announced Tuesday.

May 24, 2022
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  • Nick Wooten
Author Ty Seidule next to an image of his book.

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Political Rewind: Author Ty Seidule reckons with U.S. history and the myth of 'The Lost Cause'

As a young boy, West Point professor of history Ty Seidule was taught stories about the glorious lost cause of the South. His childhood hero was Robert E. Lee. During a childhood spent in Alexandria, Va., and Walton County, Ga., Seidule writes, he lived in a bubble, unaware of the dark history of the horrific treatment of Black communities.

December 28, 2021
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By:
  • Bill Nigut ,
  • Emilia Brock ,
  • and 1 more
A Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission plaque is seen along a roadside in New Castle, Pa. A recent review of all 2,500 markers has resulted in the state removing two markers, revising two and ordering new text for two others so far.

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Racial reckoning turns focus to roadside historical markers

Pennsylvania is reviewing its 2,500 roadside markers, scrutinizing factual errors, inadequate historical context, and racist or otherwise inappropriate references.

December 27, 2021
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  • The Associated Press
An illustration of Clint Smith and the cover of his book.

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Political Rewind: Clint Smith's Journey Into The History And Narratives Of Slavery In The U.S.

Friday on Political Rewind: How do we come to terms with debates over the very nature of U.S. history? Clint Smith’s debut work of nonfiction and offers a new understanding of the hopeful role that memory and history can play in making sense of our country’s legacy.

July 30, 2021
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  • Bill Nigut ,
  • Emilia Brock ,
  • and 1 more
The 90-foot tall carving of Stonewall Jackson, Robert E. Lee and Jefferson Davis at Stone Mountain State Park in Georgia was completed in 1972. In recent years, activists have increased calls for the Confederate imagery to be removed.

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Confederate Imagery On Stone Mountain Is Changing, But Not Fast Enough For Some

The 90-foot carving on the side of Stone Mountain in Georgia is the largest Confederate monument in the world. As the U.S. undergoes racial reckoning, the monument's future remains in doubt.

June 23, 2021
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  • Emil Moffatt
Streets signs honoring Confederate generals are shown on Monday, May 24, 2021, in Stone Mountain, Ga. The Stone Mountain Memorial Association board approved some minor changes in the popular park, located near Atlanta, but did not address any possible changes to the carving or streets named after Confederate generals as some had hoped.

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Georgia Today: Why the Confederate Memorial Carved Into Stone Mountain Is Going Nowhere Soon

Stone Mountain’s massive monument featuring Confederate leaders has long sparked controversy. Now, the Stone Mountain Memorial Association has announced changes to the park it hopes will help tell a more "balanced" story of Georgia's past. The latest Georgia Today podcast with host Steve Fennessy and guest Tyler Estep, a reporter at the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, examines the park’s history and what the future of its Confederate memorial may look like.  

 

May 28, 2021
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  • Steve Fennessy and
  • Jess Mador
People march through the streets of Atlanta with a poster of George Floyd.

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Political Rewind: One Year After Murder Of George Floyd, Georgia Grappling With Racial Justice

Tuesday on Political Rewind: Change is coming to Stone Mountain Park after the board approved a series of plans to begin reframing the park’s glorification of the Lost Cause. We mark the one-year anniversary of the murder of George Floyd. His death sent millions of Americans into the streets to march for racial justice and police accountability.

May 25, 2021
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  • Bill Nigut ,
  • Emilia Brock ,
  • and 1 more
Left to right: Confederate President Jefferson Davis and Confederate Generals Robert E. Lee and Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson are carved into the side of Stone Mountain.

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  • Politics

Political Rewind: Stone Mountain Board Revisits Park's Take On History; Another Ga. Ballot Recount

Today on Political Rewind: The board that oversees Stone Mountain Park meets today to hear proposals for how to reshape the story that for decades has celebrated the “Lost Cause” of the south. Also, a Superior Court judge has ordered yet another recount of 2020 presidential ballots in Fulton County.

May 24, 2021
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By:
  • Bill Nigut ,
  • Emilia Brock ,
  • and 1 more
Author Ty Seidule and a cover of his book.

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Political Rewind: Author Ty Seidule Reckons With U.S. History, Myth Of 'The Lost Cause'

During a childhood spent in Alexandria, Va., and Walton County, Ga., author Ty Seidule writes, he lived in a bubble, unaware of the dark history of the horrific treatment of Black communities. He tells the riveting story of his coming to terms with U.S. history in a new book, Robert E. Lee and Me: A Southerner's Reckoning with the Myth of the Lost Cause.

April 21, 2021
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  • Bill Nigut ,
  • Emilia Brock ,
  • and 1 more
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