{"id":49941,"date":"2022-12-22T18:44:56","date_gmt":"2022-12-22T18:44:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/uncategorized\/2022\/12\/22\/west-point-is-removing-confederate-symbols-from-campus\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T04:12:05","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T04:12:05","slug":"west-point-is-removing-confederate-symbols-from-campus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/news\/your-army\/2022\/12\/22\/west-point-is-removing-confederate-symbols-from-campus\/","title":{"rendered":"West Point is removing Confederate symbols from campus"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">NEW YORK \u2014 Before turning against the U.S. military to command the Confederate army, Robert E. Lee served as the superintendent of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/your-military\/2022\/08\/29\/commission-recommends-stripping-confederate-service-academy-honors\/\" target=\"_blank\">West Point<\/a>, the hallowed military academy that produced patriots like Ulysses S. Grant, Douglas MacArthur and Dwight Eisenhower.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But in the coming days, the storied academy will take down a portrait of Lee dressed in his Confederate uniform from its library, where it has been hanging since the 1950s and place it in storage. It will also remove the stone bust of the Civil War\u2019s top southern general at Reconciliation Plaza. And Lee\u2019s quote about honor will be stripped from the academy\u2019s Honor Plaza.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The moves are part of a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/your-military\/2022\/10\/06\/austin-approves-plan-to-drop-confederate-references-from-dod-property\/\" target=\"_blank\">Department of Defense directive<\/a> issued in October ordering the academy to address racial injustice and do away with installations that \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/pentagon-congress\/2022\/03\/30\/complete-list-of-military-items-named-for-confederacy-is-more-than-750-long\/\" target=\"_blank\">commemorate or memorialize the Confederacy<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">That includes a trio of bronze panels, measuring 11 feet tall and 5 feet wide, that depict significant events and figures in U.S. history, including Benjamin Franklin and Clara Barton. But the oversized plaques, dedicated in 1965, not only featured Lee and other supporters of the Confederacy but an image of an armed man in a hood, with \u201cKu Klux Klan\u201d written below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The congressional Naming Commission, which initiated the changes at the academy, noted \u201cthere are clearly ties in the KKK to the Confederacy.\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\/militarytimes\/news\/pentagon-congress\/2022\/08\/09\/renaming-9-confederate-honoring-army-posts-will-cost-21m\/\" 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=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/6598241.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\">Renaming 9 Confederate-honoring Army posts will cost $21M<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">The name changes should be completed by early 2024.<\/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\">In a message <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westpoint.edu\/news\/press-releases\/west-point-commences-remediation-efforts\" target=\"_blank\">posted on the academy\u2019s website<\/a>, Lt. 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It also recommended that eight other installations address symbols of the racist past.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland, renamed buildings and roads that memorialized Confederate admirals or those who sought to perpetuate Black enslavement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">More than a half-dozen of the commission\u2019s recommendations for West Point involve Lee, who graduated second in his class in 1829 and later served as superintendent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The commission recommended that Lee Barracks, Lee Road, Lee Gate, Lee Housing Area and Lee Area Child Development Center all be renamed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The report said Lee\u2019s armies \u201cwere responsible for the deaths of more United States soldiers than practically any other enemy in our nation\u2019s history.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Two other Confederate officers in the commission\u2019s crosshairs were West Point grads P.G.T. 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