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'Cruelest, most hateful monument I've ever seen': Military historian on Confederate statue's return

WBUR | By Here & Now Newsroom
Published September 3, 2025 at 10:51 AM CDT
A Confederate Memorial is seen in Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Va., Dec. 18, 2023. (Kevin Wolf/AP)
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A Confederate Memorial is seen in Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Va., Dec. 18, 2023. (Kevin Wolf/AP)

Here & Now‘s Scott Tong speaks with military historian Ty Seidule about the Pentagon’s decision to return a Confederate monument to Arlington National Cemetery.

This article was originally published on WBUR.org.

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