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Fort Pickett will become Fort Barfoot.

What are “American” soldiers supposed to defend?

The U.S.S. Chancellorsville will now be named after a black man.

“It’s our history."

Pickett's last stand.

It would have been the first city to restore a fallen monument.

100 years after the Civil War, Congress called them “great soldiers and great Americans.”

“The Negro. . . put up the Lee monument, and should the time come, will be there to take it down.”

New slur for white people.

The South is under occupation, like all of America.

Black cancer patient replaces one of America's greatest generals.

The new names are part of a city initiative: "Connecting Fairfax City for All."

The winter offensive.

“Today’s action is an important statement about our values as a community."

Black man threatened to assault the Confederate general's descendant.

Black mayor: “This is, I would say, the last day of the Lost Cause."

Both schools are now more than 85 percent black.

The namesake led an "insurrection" against black rule in Wilmington.

Dozens now honor non-whites instead.

Black mayor: "This is the last stand for the Lost Cause in our city."

“Change has come, and it will continue to happen."

Activists are upset the fort will now be named after Dwight D. Eisenhower.

"The Delete Dixie Initiative is one step toward changing the culture of our campus and promoting diversity, equity, and inclusion.”

The virtue signaling will cost $63 million.

It would cost $62.5 million to erase Southern heritage.

The memorial for Confederate war dead is “problematic from top to bottom.”

Retired admiral says it's more important for the Navy to celebrate diversity than heritage.

"The commissioners do not make these recommendations with any intention of 'erasing history.' "

"[T]he photo has since been removed because it does not meet AWC values."

A Republican governor ordered the replacement.

It's a 20-foot portrait in the academy's library.

The flag threatens the safety of concertgoers.

Fort Bragg, Fort Benning, and Fort Hood would all be renamed.

City councilman declares Lee "a traitor to his own country."

A report on the 2004 American Renaissance conference.

"Is it racist to have streets like Plantation and Confederate?"

"This is another example of how our state continues to live in the past."

"It’s overwhelmingly supported by our fans. It’s part of the tradition."

What the monument's removal means for us.

What can Southern patriots do?

They were honorable and courageous patriots.

At least one Southern state still honors its heritage.

Even a US naval base in Japan will be scrutinized.

The statue honored locals who died fighting for the Confederacy.

Whose country?

Colin Kaepernick wants back on the plantation.

Chancellor says the change helps "advance the dignity and power of diversity."

She's surprised a Confederacy museum isn't anti-Confederate.

"Gerrymandered districts are a byproduct of the Confederacy."

The Republican House speaker has no idea where the statue went.

Over 700 Confederate monuments are still standing.

A conflicted white man if there ever was one.

City is spending $1.5 million to haul away the granite.

Black god replaces white hero.

Black musician replaces white hero.

The humiliation continues.

Florida’s Republican governor approved the Confederate's removal in 2016.

Look what they do to heritage.

Richmond's black mayor wanted a "clean slate."

“This proposal best speaks to the values of equity and racial justice."

Another Southern hero is toppled.

Confederate symbols matter more than the evidence.

A majority of county respondents voted to keep the names.

The city wants “to create a new symbolic landscape that is representative of the. . . diverse city Charlotte has become."

This could be the most outrageous story of the year.

Really?

Blacks need to be at "the very center of American history."

It erected a statue of a black Union solider near a Confederate monument.

Was Taylor a little over-optimistic?

“Recontextualization is not enough."

The demonstrators wanted the school to punish those who waved the Confederate flag.

Black criminals replace white heroes.

Happy eightieth birthday to the former Mississippi Senator.

A civil rights activist will replace Jefferson Davis.

"[G]overnments are not obliged . . . to permit the presence of a rebellious army's battle flag . . . ."