# What should we do with confederate monuments and statues?

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**Created:** [August 15, 2017, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-should-we-do-with-confederate-monuments-and-statues/793694 "2017-08-15T01:11:03Z")\
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> **[Plaque Bearing Image of Hooded K.K.K. Figure Hangs at West Point](https://www.nytimes.com/2022/08/30/nyregion/west-point-confederate-symbols-kkk.html)**
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> 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.

Commission concluded it was outside their remit, since they were to look at symbols of the CSA on defence property and KKK was post-CSA, but drew it to the attention of Congress. West Point is reviewing it.

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