Visitors at Arlington Cemetery can expect to see the Confederate monument in 2027, featuring panels offering context about its history, a Pentagon official told the Associated Press. The

Confederate monument was removed from the historic military burial grounds in 2023 during the Biden presidency.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth backed up his decision to return a Confederate monument to Arlington National Cemetery removed by “the woke lemmings” who have erased Confederate symbols from American culture. The Reconciliation Monument, a memorial to the Confederacy, was removed from Arlington National Cemetery in Virginia in 2023.