(National Pulse) MONDAY AFTERNOON UPDATE:
A federal judge issued a temporary restraining order barring removal of the memorial as originally reported below. A group called Defend Arlington filed a lawsuit on Sunday, according to the Associated Press, which led to the restraining order. A hearing on the matter is now scheduled for Wednesday. Our original report, unedited, appears below. Defend Arlington is fundraising for legal costs to fight the removal of the memorial.
ORIGINAL MONDAY MORNING REPORT:
The iconic Confederate memorial in Arlington National Cemetery is set to be removed this week, a cemetery official announced Saturday. Moves to desecrate the site – first intended as a “peace” monument which also serves as the grave site for its designer, America’s first globally renowned Jewish artist Moses Ezekiel – began Monday.
