A portrait of Confederate general Robert E Lee that includes a slave guiding his horse is set to be reinstated in the Pentagon.

The 20-foot-tall painting, which was on display at the United States Military Academy for 70 years, will be hung in the West Point library under President Trump’s instruction despite a congressionally mandated commission that ordered its removal back in 2020.

  • prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    15 hours ago

    Also, it’s rich coming from the administration that has basically killed the Smithsonian because they don’t want them to talk about slavery.