{"id":24272,"date":"2019-08-04T17:03:47","date_gmt":"2019-08-04T17:03:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/uncategorized\/2019\/08\/04\/fort-monroe-removes-letters-honoring-confederate-president\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T02:21:54","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T02:21:54","slug":"fort-monroe-removes-letters-honoring-confederate-president","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/news\/your-army\/2019\/08\/04\/fort-monroe-removes-letters-honoring-confederate-president\/","title":{"rendered":"Fort Monroe removes letters honoring Confederate president"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">FORT MONROE, Va. \u2014 Crews have begun to remove lettering that honors Confederate President Jefferson Davis at Virginia\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.armytimes.com\/news\/your-army\/2019\/04\/21\/virginia-governor-wants-confederate-arch-gone-from-fort-monroe\/\" target=_blank>Fort Monroe National Monument<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailypress.com\/news\/hampton\/dp-nws-davis-arch-letter-removal-20190802-story.html\" target=_blank>The Daily Press<\/a> reports that the letters were being taken down Friday from their place on arch at the former military base, which is in Hampton and overlooks the mouth of the Chesapeake Bay. The letters spelled \u201cJefferson Davis Memorial Park.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/news\/your-army\/2019\/05\/19\/historian-works-to-humanize-those-enslaved-at-fort-monroe\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"180\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP19135421014911.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">Historian works to \u2018humanize those enslaved\u2019 at Fort Monroe<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">A trove of historical records tells us Fort Monroe in Hampton was built on the backs of thousands of African slaves.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The United Daughters of the Confederacy paid the U.S. Army to build the arch in 1956. Gov. Ralph Northam originally called for taking down the entire archway before agreeing to remove only the letters. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">They will be placed in in a museum at the fort. 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