05/19/2026
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The Reconciliation Monument: Woke Vandalism Will be Reversed at Arlington
Near the rear of Arlington National Cemetery on land once owned by Robert E. Lee stood one of America’s most beautiful memorials: the Reconciliation Monument, sculpted by Moses Jacob Ezekiel, a Confederate veteran.
Part of the relief captures a wife tenderly hugging her husband in a heartbreaking goodbye as he heads to war to defend his family, children, parents, community, and state.
Nearly 500 Confederate soldiers lie buried on all sides of this war memorials.
Dedicated in 1914 with support from presidents and Union veterans, the monument symbolized reconciliation, unity, fraternity, respect, and honor, featuring a figure of the South offering a laurel wreath of peace and calls to beat swords into plowshares.
For over a century it stood quietly. Then the Biden-era Naming Commission, led in part by the infamous “Taliban” Ty Seidule, ordered its removal in December 2023 despite strong public opposition.
This Taliban-style vandalism on sacred ground sent a venomous message: reconciliation is over, unity is finished, and there will be no more respect or honor for southern Americans veterans who answered the call in the Confederacy.
Seidule and his woke zealots inflicted real damage on military morale and national cohesion.
Thankfully, under President Trump and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, the monument returns in 2027 after restoration. Polished and more beautiful than ever, it will reaffirm shared sacrifice and healing.
Those who attacked it, especially the Maoist fanatics led by Ty Seidule, will be remembered for hatred, petty intolerance and destructive zeal. True honor outlasts their tantrums. -RJ
See closeups of the monument here in this video I captured shortly before its removal… -RJ
https://youtu.be/9YJY16luRJ4?si=mMsQFy0Wg6BZxmJU