News about William Lloyd Garrison

The plaque depicting a Ku Klux Klan member (left) was ordered to be demolished by the Naming Commission, which was an arm of the Department of Defense that is charged with reviewing and upgrading military assets that honor Confederate figures. Although the plaque's fate is uncertain because the Naming Commission has no information regarding non-Confederate figures and the US Army has declined to say whether or not they'll follow the order, West Point defended the monument. The plaque, according to a prestigious academy, is only a small part of a larger bronze mural (right) depicting both the good and evil of American history. Laura Gardin Fraser (inset), an American sculptor who was hired to design the panels and wanted to create art that represented the principal events of that time, thereby capturing both tragedy and triumph in our nation's history.'