A federal judge on Monday temporarily barred the removal of a memorial to Confederate soldiers at Arlington National Cemetery after a push from a citizens group and some GOP lawmakers.
The temporary restraining order, issued by U.S. District Judge Rossie D. Alston Jr. in Alexandra, Va., comes just one day after a group called Defend Arlington, which is affiliated with a group called Save Southern Heritage Florida, filed a suit against the Department of Defense seeking a restraining order against the memorial’s removal.
It is set to expire at 5 p.m. Wednesday following an expected hearing Wednesday morning.
Why the fuck is a Confederate memorial in Arlington in the first place?
There’s an article, but the tldr is… In 1906, 51 years after the losers lost, the daughters of the confederacy wanted to remind Black people where their place was.
Because of people who didn’t like that they lost
One of the finest Twitter posts I’ve seen in life.
At the time of the George Floyd protests.
That is something I missed, thank you for bringing this to my attention, shame it didn’t go to the ground.
Still laughing about that one! One of the few memes I’ve saved because it was so on point.