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Panel: West Point should rename Lee Barracks, nix KKK art

FILE - Lee Barracks, named for Civil War General Robert E. Lee, is shown at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, July 13, 2020, in West Point, N.Y. A commission created by Congress is recommending that multiple historical reminders tied to Confederate officers during the Civil War be removed — many honoring Robert E. Lee, one of the academy's most famous graduates. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File)

This photo provided by the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, in New York, shows a detail from the one of the three bronze panels at one of the entrances to Bartlett Hall, at West Point, that depicts the history of the United States. A commission created by Congress is recommending that multiple historical reminders tied to Confederate officers during the Civil War be removed — many honoring Robert E. Lee, one of the academy's most famous graduates. The commission also noted the lower left hand corner of one of the panels, the image of an armed man in a hood, with Ku Klux Klan written below. (U.S. Military Academy at West Point via AP)

This photo provided by the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, in New York, shows the three bronze panels at one of the entrances to Bartlett Hall, at West Point, that depicts the history of the United States. A commission created by Congress is recommending that multiple historical reminders tied to Confederate officers during the Civil War be removed — many honoring Robert E. Lee, one of the academy's most famous graduates. (U.S. Military Academy at West Point via AP)

Panel: West Point should rename Lee Barracks, nix KKK art