WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. military is rethinking its traditional connection to Confederate Army symbols, mindful of their divisiveness at a time the nation is wrestling with questions of race ...

“The symbol represents so perfectly what the 29th Division stands for that this was almost an existential problem for us. We’re really breathing a sigh of relief.” ...

The United States Military Academy at West Point will start removing Confederate symbols from its campus, including taking down a portrait of Gen. Robert E. Lee dressed in his Confederate uniform ...

US military starts removing base names, ... symbols, displays, monuments and paraphernalia in the United States and overseas that honor or commemorate the Confederate States of America.