Portrait of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee with Slave Rehung at West Point
A portrait of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee in his Confederate uniform with a slave guiding his horse in the background will be rehung in West Point’s library, the Army confirmed to Military.com on Friday. The reinstallation, which was first reported by The New York Times, marks the latest effort by the Trump administration to […]
Army Suspends Fort McCoy's First Female Commander Amid Trump Portrait Display Controversy
Col. Sheyla Baez Ramirez, the garrison commander of Fort McCoy in Wisconsin, was suspended following the circulation on social media of a photograph showing portraits of President Donald Trump, Vice President JD Vance and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth turned to face a wall. The incident, which sparked a wave of right-wing criticism, centered on the […]
Mark Milley's Portrait Disappears from Pentagon on Trump's Inauguration Day
Pentagon officials are not offering any explanation as to why they removed the portrait of Gen. Mark Milley, the former Joint Chiefs chairman, on Monday shortly after President Donald Trump was inaugurated. The portrait of Milley hung in an ornate hallway that is dedicated to the history of the Joint Chiefs and displays 19 other […]