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Confederate memorial to be removed in coming days from Arlington National Cemetery

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A Confederate memorial's days at Arlington National Cemetery are numbered.

Confederate memorial to be removed in coming days from Arlington National Cemetery

A Confederate memorial is to be removed from Arlington National Cemetery in northern Virginia in the coming days, part of the push to remove symbols that commemorate the Confederacy from military-related facilities, a cemetery official said Saturday.

The decision ignores a recent demand from more than 40 Republican congressmen that the Pentagon suspend efforts to dismantle and remove the monument from Arlington cemetery.

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