Ezekiel purposefully included the “faithful Black servants” to combat what he believed were “lies” about slavery in Harriet Beecher Stowe’s 1852 novel Uncle Tom’s Cabin, according to Hilary A. Herbert, an Alabama lawmaker who pushed for the creation of the Confederates’ section at Arlington Cemetery.

Pete Hegseth reverses 2023 decision to remove Confederate memorial from Arlington National Cemetery, calling the Reconciliation Monument historically significant.