The restoration of an obscure monument in Arlington Cemetery known as the Reconciliation Monument may serve as the catalyst and spiritual portal that brings America back to its origin in greatness as the nation of e pluribus unum — meaning one out of many.

In a recent X post, U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth reiterated that the reinstatement of the 1914 Reconciliation Monument, which celebrates the bringing together of the South and the North after decades of post-Civil War division, was important because it fosters the unity of America, and its removal by “woke lemmings” in December 2023 was inconsistent with honesty and openness about the past.

Hegseth added: “Unlike the Left, we don’t believe in erasing American history – we honor it.”

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