⚔️Hegseth Systematically Erases Black Military Heroes from Pentagon
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Historical Precedent
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth ordered a "passive approach" to Juneteenth while scrubbing Tuskegee Airmen, General Colin Powell, and hundreds of minority veterans from Pentagon websites and Arlington Cemetery.
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Why This Matters
Military History Whitewashing
Pentagon deliberately removing documented achievements of Black, Latino, and women veterans who bled for America
Arlington Cemetery Desecration
Hiding educational content about buried heroes while claiming to honor their sacrifice
Juneteenth Suppression
Military brass refusing to acknowledge federal holiday celebrating end of slavery—on orders from draft dodger Trump
Black Veterans Under Attack
Community leaders calling this "new Jim Crow" as government erases their service records
26,000 Images Flagged
Mass deletion of photos showing diverse service members, including Medal of Honor recipients
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What approach did Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's office request for Juneteenth 2025?
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Which military heroes' stories were scrubbed from Arlington Cemetery's website under Hegseth's orders?
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What did Civil War historian Kevin Levin call Arlington Cemetery's erasure campaign?
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How did Black veterans' organizations describe Hegseth's historical erasure campaign?
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What happened to Tuskegee Airmen content across military training and websites?
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What happened to Pentagon content about Jackie Robinson's military service?
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Which heritage celebrations did Hegseth ban from Pentagon recognition?
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What happened to some Medal of Honor recipients' recognition in the Pentagon purge?
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Which high-ranking military leaders did Trump and Hegseth remove from the Joint Chiefs?
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How did Pentagon officials justify the historical erasure to the media?
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How might historical erasure affect military recruitment according to former intelligence officials?
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What Civil War-era sites at Arlington Cemetery were hidden from public view?
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What euphemism did Pentagon officials use to describe the mass removal of minority military content?
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What was significant about the Borinqueneers unit that was removed from Arlington's Hispanic American History section?
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How did Latino veterans' organizations respond to the Arlington Cemetery erasure?
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What phrase did Hegseth call "the dumbest phrase in military history"?
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What historical period does the systematic removal of Black military achievements most resemble?
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The Pentagon flagged over 26,000 images and posts for removal as part of its DEI purge.
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Arlington Cemetery removed lesson plans about United States Colored Troops who fought in the Civil War.
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