U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth announced Tuesday that a Confederate memorial will be returned to Arlington National Cemetery, following its removal in 2023.

The controversial sculpture, also called the “Reconciliation Monument,” is being returned as part of President Donald Trump’s administration’s broader effort to bring back statues and other memorials honoring the Confederacy.

“It never should have been taken down by woke lemmings. Unlike the Left, we don’t believe in erasing American history — we honor it,” Hegseth said in a statement posted this week on social media.

The sculpture, unveiled in 1914, was created by Confederate veteran Moses Ezekiel.

The top features a bronze woman standing on a pedestal and below her are various representations linked to the South, includin

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