![]() ![]() government is reviewing names tied to the Confederacy Military Academy Public Affairs Office A closer view of the panel that includes an image of a Ku Klux Klan member. Military Academy's Public Affairs Office said the image is part of a large triptych that depicts the history of the U.S., and that the three bronze panels attempt to document "both tragedy and triumph" in America's past. The KKK was formed in 1865 by six Confederate veterans of the Civil War and initially targeted Black people in the postwar South before also turning its hateful agenda against Jews, Catholics and others. "The Commission encourages the Secretary of Defense to address DoD assets that highlight the KKK in Defense Memorialization processes and create a standard disposition requirement for such assets," the report said. Though it noted that there are "clearly ties" between the KKK and the Confederacy, the plaque fell outside of its specific remit created by Congress, the commission said. In a report released on Monday, the commission highlighted the presence of the Ku Klux Klan mounted marker at the entrance to Bartlett Hall, a science building at West Point, the U.S. military assets with names tied to the Confederacy. The marker was highlighted in a recent report by a special commission looking into U.S. ![]() The Naming Commission A plaque with the words "Ku Klux Klan" hangs at the entrance to Barlett Hall, a building at West Point. ![]()
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