FALLS CHURCH, Va. (AP) — A federal judge on Monday issued a temporary restraining order barring removal of a memorial to Confederate soldiers at Arlington National Cemetery.
A group called Defend Arlington, affiliated with a group called Save Southern Heritage Florida, filed a lawsuit Sunday in federal court in Alexandria, Virginia, seeking the restraining order. A hearing has been scheduled for Wednesday.
Work to remove the memorial had begun Monday before the restraining order was issued, but the memorial remains in place on cemetery grounds.
A cemetery spokesperson said Monday that Arlington is complying with the restraining order, but referred all other questions to the Justice Department.
The order addresses two things
1) Fed law prevents graves from being disturbed for the removal of a confederate statue.
2) DOD failed to perform an environmental impact study.
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