Federal Judge Issues Temporary Restraining Order to Preserve Confederate Memorial at Arlington National Cemetery
A federal judge issued a temporary restraining order on Monday barring the removal of a memorial to Confederate soldiers at Arlington National Cemetery. The order was in response to a lawsuit filed by a group called Defend Arlington, affiliated with Save Southern Heritage Florida, seeking to stop the removal. Work to remove the memorial had begun on Monday morning before the restraining order, but the memorial remains in place for now.
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00:00 It's Benzinga and here's what's on the block.
00:02 A federal judge issued a temporary restraining order on Monday barring the removal of a memorial
00:07 to Confederate soldiers at Arlington National Cemetery.
00:11 The order was in response to a lawsuit filed by a group called Defend Arlington, affiliated
00:16 with Save Southern Heritage Florida, seeking to stop the removal.
00:20 Work to remove the memorial had begun on Monday morning before the restraining order, but
00:24 the memorial remains in place for now.
00:26 The statue depicts a bronze woman symbolizing the American South, adorned with olive leaves
00:31 and holding symbolic items, accompanied by controversial figures, including a mammy and
00:36 an enslaved man following his owner to war.
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00:41 Bye!