© 2025 All Rights reserved WUSF
Donate
Play Live Radio
Next Up:
0:00
0:00
0:00 0:00
Available On Air Stations
WUSF's Wake Up Call
Our daily newsletter, delivered first thing weekdays, keeps you connected to your community with news, culture, national NPR headlines, and more.
Subscribe

'Cruelest, most hateful monument I've ever seen': Military historian on Confederate statue's return

WBUR | By Here & Now Newsroom
Published September 3, 2025 at 11:51 AM EDT
A Confederate Memorial is seen in Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Va., Dec. 18, 2023. (Kevin Wolf/AP)
/
A Confederate Memorial is seen in Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Va., Dec. 18, 2023. (Kevin Wolf/AP)

Here & Now‘s Scott Tong speaks with military historian Ty Seidule about the Pentagon’s decision to return a Confederate monument to Arlington National Cemetery.

This article was originally published on WBUR.org.

Copyright 2025 WBUR
Tags
US / WorldHere & Now
Here & Now Newsroom
Thanks to you, WUSF is here — delivering fact-based news and stories that reflect our community.⁠ Your support powers everything we do.
Donate Now