it seems that the reconciliation monument was racist; 

After initially issuing an injunction halting the removal of the Reconciliation Memorial at Arlington National Cemetery, black judge Rossie D. Alston Jr. has ruled against the group Defend Arlington so that the memorial could be disassembled. Arlington National Cemetery swiftly removed the memorial, which will reportedly be relocated to New Market, Virginia, the site of a major Confederate victory. The sole consolation is that the monument will not be destroyed.

The judge justified his ruling by saying that the monument removal did not disrupt graves. Defend Arlington disputes this.

The judge dismissed claims that the plaintiffs would suffer irreparable harm by saying that the monument would not be destroyed, that the monument would still have historical significance “without the statue atop it,” and that their claims of emotional harm are “generally speculative and not concrete.” The judge referred to the monument in his ruling as the “Confederate Reconciliation Memorial,” combining the two terms that many observers have used distinctly. Generally, proponents of the memorial have called it the Reconciliation Memorial, while opponents called it the Confederate Memorial.

Sculptor Moses Ezekiel said that his intention was for it to be a “peace monument” and said the South had fought for “a constitutional right and not to uphold slavery.” The quote featured on the monument reads: “They shall turn their swords into plowshares and their spears into pruning hooks.” The sculptor was Jewish and had been the first Jewish cadet at the Virginia Military Institute. During his life, that was considered a reason to honor him. That hasn’t lasted..........more......