The Pentagon has reinstalled a painting of Robert E. Lee in his Confederate uniform in the West Point library, reports CBS News.
The 20-foot-tall painting previously hung in the library but was removed in 2022 under a Department of Defense directive ordering the U.S. Military Academy to address racial injustice and eliminate installations that “commemorate or memorialize the Confederacy.”
The portrait depicts Lee with an enslaved man guiding the Confederate general’s horse in the background.
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