The U.S. Military Academy at West Point is starting to remove Confederate statues and symbols from its campus, in compliance with a federal order formally set in motion by the Department of ...

West Point will remove Confederate symbols from its campus The storied military academy will take down likenesses of Robert E. Lee as part of a Department of Defense directive to do away with ...

West Point was not the only installation under scrutiny by the congressional commission. It also recommended that eight other installations address symbols of the racist past.

At West Point, the nation's oldest service academy, a portrait hangs of Gen. Robert E. Lee wearing his Confederate uniform. A gate and road on campus are both named for him, as are a number of ...

West Point moves to erase Confederate symbols including portrait of former superintendent Robert E Lee The U.S. Military Academy in West Point will begin taking down memorials commemorating ...

Like everything at West Point, it’s all organized and planned. According to the superintendent of the U.S. Military Academy, Lt. Gen. Steve Gilland, while the Corps of Cadets is away this win… ...

Though it may not be a surprise to anyone, the oldest West Virginia state symbol is its seal, adopted only months after West Virginia was granted statehood on September 26, 1863. Specifically, it ...

Say goodbye to all Confederate symbols, statues and relics at America’s oldest military academy. The United States Military Academy at West Point has begun a “multi-phased” project over the ...

A special congressional commission that recommends the removal of Confederate symbols at U.S. military sites flagged the image, which appears above the words “Ku Klux Klan,” in a new report.

The United States Military Academy at West Point will start removing Confederate symbols from its campus, including taking down a portrait of Gen. Robert E. Lee dressed in his Confederate uniform ...

U.S. Military Academy at West Point via AP, File Before turning against the U.S. military to command the Confederate army, Robert E. Lee served as the superintendent of West Point, the hallowed ...