Confederate monuments are being removed all across the nation. First, several military bases' names were changed to honor other military leaders. Fort Bragg was renamed Fort Liberty while Fort Hood became Fort Cavazos. However, the most significant change will take place on December 22, when the Confederate Monument is removed from Arlington National Cemetery, Virginia.

The monument, designed by American sculptor Moses Jacob Ezekiel, was officially inaugurated in 1914 and is located in a section of the cemetery where the bodies of several Confederate soldiers rest, Section 16.

However, Confederate bodies were not allowed to be buried there until 1902, 35 years after the Civil War ended. The cemetery's website reported that the monument would be removed on December 22: "By 1902, 262 Confederate bodies were interred in a specially designated section, Section 16." That number rose to 400, which is currently the number of Confederate soldiers who are laid to rest in Arlington National Cemetery.

The GOP is against removing the Confederate monument

Several members of the Republican Party are opposed to the decision to remove the Confederate symbols. The Biden administration ignored their recommendations and continued to remove these monuments.

However, this hasn't stopped these representatives from speaking out against the initiative. One example of this is the Republican representative of Georgia, Andrew Clyde, who is against removing Confederate symbols. He took to his X profile (formerly Twitter) stating that "the left wants division and destruction."